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Derelict old ladies...
by Ed Matlack → (All Poetry by Ed Matlack)
Friday, June 22, 2018    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Shore bound for eternity,
 
No more waters to cool her hull,

Her engines removed, her life blood in tanks empty,

In her day she was a beauty….
 
 
Shiny woods, chrome & stainless,

She did cut the waters with power to spare,

People on shore or other boats could only in envy stare…

 
 

She sits now with other unwanted derelicts,

She has memories of her young years,

Times of gaiety & charm on Chesapeake waters,

Now she does just rot away,
 
From her decks to her keel,
 
This is life in the real.
 

© -ed- 6/22/18 

 
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 Reviews of "Derelict old ladies..."
Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on June 27, 2018
Time and nature have a way of taking it all back. Nicely expressed, Ed, nostalgic verses. Love and peace,

Regis
Reviewed by Jane Noponen Perinacci
Reviewed on June 25, 2018
I can hear her creaking and that is a comforting sound. She is groaning her own demise. 'Enjoyed!!

Love ya!

Jane
Reviewed by m j hollingshead
Reviewed on June 24, 2018

poignant read

thought provoking

sad that we tend to leave behind, throw away, discard so much

m
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on June 24, 2018
A great metaphor for those wrecked or neglected. Rusty hulks left to rot in place and float no more. A subject you know well and can convey with determination. Conjured up the thought of many other derelicts I've seen in my travels.

Ron
Reviewed by Susanne Leist
Reviewed on June 23, 2018
Life can be too real. This poem can just as easily be about a person as a ship.
Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on June 23, 2018
Feeling a little like a derelict myself, I can relate.
Reviewed by E Phillips
Reviewed on June 23, 2018
Sad indeed. But nostalgia has its place.
And you have described it well. Kudos.
Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on June 23, 2018
Yep. Exceptional thoughts turned into " life in the real." words, Ed. Way to go guy.
Reviewed by Lark Pogue
Reviewed on June 23, 2018
Life in the real it is, and you definitely brought this scene to life for me.
Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on June 23, 2018
Only a fine poet could turn a derelict boat into a thing of beauty. Wonderful.
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