Luna Ticks and Clock Faced Stares

Just some nonsense for Frieday

 

 

Luna Ticks and Clock Faced Stares

 

Dredged along the waterfront

Pilings lap the trace

Sinking fast in deep despair

Such a lonely place

 

Tuna fish in angler’s garb

Count these blessings slim

Floating with a wrong way barge

Forgetting how to swim

 

Beams of iron ready mix

Craters formed to crush

Phases of a crescent slice

Slow to beat the rush

 

Smiling in the wilted sky

Blinding to my eyes

Wasting hours yet to breathe

Tug boats in disguise

 

Shoes the weight of twenty leagues

Burdens to the deep

Splashing joyful solitude

No one wants to keep

 

Treading on the surface dark

Barracuda dreams

Luna ticks and clock faced stares

Tell me what it means

 

Author's Note

Thank you for reading

Reviews

[zephyr]

Oh wow … you created a unbelievable stillness with that one.

[Jack...]

Thanks so very much Sarah.

[s y e]

I'm abit late in reading this one but I have a good excuse but oh well. This was great Jack, well done.

[Jack...]

Never to late for me my good friend. Thanks so very much. You are always my smile.

[Frieda P]

Love the wordplay of this fishy tale. It must be Frieday indeed, that's when those ticks go delirious and begin to float the wrong way...as those nasty barracudas start to circle. This one was unique and fun to read Jack.

[Jack...]

Thanks so much my sweet friend. Just having a little fun. In the mood for seafood? I'm buying. :)

[Frieda P]

Lobsters with drawn butter and I'm there. ;-)

[Jack...]

Wine selection?

[Frieda P]

If you're paying Pouilly Fuisse ;-)

[Jack...]

Anything for you...pick you up about 8:00?

[Marie]

It doesn't mean a great deal. TIme is only perception. People have to have a way to measure. Clocks are supposed to be tools, not dictators.

[Jack...]

Thanks Marie, I'd say more but I'm running out of time...just kidding.

[Madalyn Beck]

This is very creative! You have painted a picture of the story of time. I felt as if I was adrift in the ocean on a night of a full moon. Beautiful piece! :)

[Jack...]

Thanks so very much my sweet friend. Smiling because of you.

[Vidya Bacchus]

I hate barracuda dreams my friend but I love your poetry :)

[Jack...]

Thanks Vidya, just having a little fun.

[Vidya Bacchus]

You are welcome :)

[BlackRose]

Superbly creative. Dreaming of the kind of love that those want while waiting in loneliness, as time ticks along, for that special one to appear.

[Jack...]

Thanks so much my friend. I appreciate your thoughtful words.

[Sami Khalil]

I'm smiling in your wilted sky Jack with this sad, humorous and splendid imagery filled poem. I think along with love you have been dreaming of going fishing, tuna tasting with their clocked-faced stares and dredging the bottom to find meanings...Excellent and creative...:)...............

[Jack...]

Thanks so much Sami. just playing around a little.

[Sami Khalil]

OK. You are welcome...:).......................