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Best Sailing Poems

Below are the all-time best Sailing poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of sailing poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Sailing the Seas In a Pecan Tree
The wind billows out from the seat of his britches
With determined blue eyes, skinned knuckles and knees
he climbs up the rails nailed from old cedar...

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Categories: sailing, adventure, old,
Form: Rhyme
Sailing Mystic Seas
I've sailed across many mystic seas
while hazy moonlight washed over me.
I watched glittering stars shine till dawn,
then closed wearied eyes and stifled a yawn.

By shadowed...

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Categories: sailing, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sailing Life's Seas
My life is like a sailboat,
                   ...

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Categories: sailing, faith, jesus, life,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Sailing Away Under a Silver Moon Forever
Sailing Away Under a Silver Moon Forever

As the morning slowly awakens I see how those beautiful eyes
Of yours warmly shine bright and share thy palpable...

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Categories: sailing, beautiful, dream, emotions, imagery,
Form: Terza Rima
Premium Member Sailing Over Life's Ocean V
My life’s ship,

Under the watchful eye of The Lord,

Opened its adventurous sails of hope and

Prepared to cross

The turbulent ocean of afflictions without fear

Searching for the...

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Categories: sailing, life, ocean, travel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sailing Beyond My Dreams
Sailing Beyond My Dreams

Sailing deeply into my dreams—
All night long, I could sense it,
The ocean in its pure magnificence and majestic wonder.
I smelled Nature’s soft...

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Categories: sailing, dream, emotions, freedom, god,
Form: Free verse



Sailing Away
Cruising the Mediterranean
I don't wish to fight any more
I want to enjoy the sunset
On the sea I so adore

Please hold your tongue
In silence,
View the beauty...

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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sailing, adventure, forgiveness, happiness, holiday,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sailing
the moon 
blooms the night 
in unmoored  
time 

sail your dreams  
to mystic
realms 


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© David Mohn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sailing, moon,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Lure of Sailing
Out at sea, serene and soothing,
on a sheet of lapis lazuli,
a graceful forward motion,
kissing the coast line,
sailing at high speed,
skimming over the salty waters,
the breeze...

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Categories: sailing, sea,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sailing Adrift
As I sailed in a small ivory sailboat
on crystal blue waters. 

The wind gently blew through my 
mahogany hair.

Next, I saw dolphins doing backflips 
out...

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© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sailing, blue, ocean,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Sailing
he longed to sail away,

from all his broken dreams, 

even If, 

his sailing was done,

In muddy puddles and streams....

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Categories: sailing, dream, hurt, pain, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Sailing For Love
My love can part the oceans,
But it hasn’t reached your shores…
Sailing in the breeze with emotions,
As my heart rudders and explores.

Within the mist of heartaches,
The...

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Categories: sailing, conflict, destiny, lost love,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Smooth Sailing
To fill each tethered sail, the winds must blow
in harmony, while gentle currents flow,
and if good fortune wishes to prevail,
the winds must blow to fill...

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Categories: sailing, moon, sea, storm,
Form: Quatrain
Sailing On Dry Land
Searching through the memories lost deep within my heart.
Of someone I no longer know that long ago did part.
The mornings gathered years of dust.
As the...

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Categories: sailing, august,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sailing On
Sailing on the azure ocean,
                    ...

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© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sailing, love,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things