Boat Haiku

[GoneFarrell]

You never bail me
No bilge water to harbor
So I sink port rail


One life to make wakes
Where to set anchor, not sure
My charts show the way


Big ship passes by
When the boat rolls I’m OK
At night in my bunk


Zooming at ten knots
Current makes trawler so fast
Good speed, then tide turns!


Whut U got?
(5-7-5 syllables)

 

[Dawdler]

Currently boatless
But always dreaming of it
Hope springs eternal

 

[kthoennes]

Mainship on jackstands.

Popsicle boat this winter.

Long hibernation.

 

[RT Firefly]

Sun sets slowly red
Peaceful deck, mind at rest
Dog farts, I pass out

 

[AlaskaProf]

Green hull draws praises
Shows every goddam blemish
May be poor option

 

[KnotYet]

Dark Star and I sail

Toward the distant islands

I return alone

 

[Willin]

Fog and radar broke
Going slow with charts squinting
Out of narrows soon

 

[AlaskaProf]

Varnishing endless
Sand sand wipe brush brush brush brush
Time for a cold beer

 

[kthoennes]

Norcold fridge is warm.
Need to burn yet another
Fifteen hundred bucks.

 

[Wayfarer]

Forecast says calm seas
Hey, lets go for a boat ride
Ass handed to me

Time to pump out turds
Sorry, the machine is broke
Take my poops with me

Waves lap at the hull
Tugs gently on her snubber
Anxiously watch amps

Sound asleep in bed
Something breaks in engine room
Probably not cheap

Get a boat they said
It'll be fun they all said
They may have a point

 

[AlaskaProf]

Sixteen batteries
Weighing sixty five pounds each
Grab another beer

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Not Haiku:

i sit on a rock
watching my boat
the boat rocks
the rock don't boat

 

[AlaskaProf]

Four-hundred-fifty
Long miles on Interstate-Five
Aah, there is my boat.

 

[AlaskaProf]

Interstate miles drag
Exit 182 saves me
Cresswell Bakery

 

[kthoennes]

One hundred and four
Items on Boat’s to-do list
Gerbil on a wheel.

 

[kthoennes]

Lovely swallow’s nest
In spring, baby birds chirping
Bow hatch left ajar

 

[Wayfarer]

Atlantic City
Twinkles off in the distance
Anchored for the night

 

[AlaskaProf]

On Trawler Forum
Surprisingly few poets
No English majors?

 

[porman]

No English major Working on cars was my job Can't rhyme to save life

 

[porman]

apparently also can't space properly

 

[Wayfarer]

Utsch’s Marina
Why are all of your pilings
So damn splintery

Securité call
A big ass freighter’s coming
Get out of the way

The Delaware Bay
Is calm as could be today
I’m a happy man

 

[neworleansrich]

Norcold fridge is warm.
Need to burn yet another
Fifteen hundred bucks.

"Norcold" is such a perfect name for a frig that is NOR COLD. Someone with a better imagination needs to work this into a haiku

 

[KnotYet]

When your freezer is

Neither expensive nor cold

You know what to do

 

[GoneFarrell]

Varnishing endless
Sand sand wipe brush brush brush brush
Time for a cold beer

AKprof sand sand
3M blocks don't float too long
How would I know that?

AK brush brush brush
While my rails turn green green green
But my beer is cold!

 

[GoneFarrell]

One life to spin prop
Where next to snag crab pot float?
The boat seems to know.

Dark rum to Haiku
40 proof lubrication
Time for an oil change.

 

[AlaskaProf]

 

[kthoennes]

Heavy snow tonight.
For eight hundred ten dollars,
Shrink wrap please don't split.

 

[NUTIN FANCY TOO]

Grand Banks hull 125
Fightin hard to keep her alive
Tornado tried to do her in
But #125 survived to the end

So now my new Capt has dreams to succeed
To bring me back and sail the high seas
But his broke ass can bearly buy fuel
And everyone says"that damn fool"

But love for this woodie can a miracle make
And keep me alive for history s' sake
Because in me ,all his money he's puttin
Because I used to belong to Mr Robert Newton

 

[kthoennes]

But... Oh never mind.

 

[Wayfarer]

But... Oh never mind.

THERE ONCE WAS A MAN FROM NANTU- wait no, hang on...