Two New Poems

I very reluctantly had to write a Villanelle and a Sonnet. Both are not at my usual level of writing ability but it is the first time I have ever written anything in a structured form. Here you are First is the Villanelle and then the sonnet. pardon my humor in the sonnet.


The Tracks

I once did have a secret dream
to live where no one else might go
to travel down the tracks unseen

To walk a steady line on the beam
and to button up my woes
I once did have a secret dream

How should I tip toe through the steam
shall I tread down low?
to travel down the tracks unseen

therein lies the trouble with my scheme
now it is you who know
I once did have a secret dream

How do you hold me in your esteem?
shall you come with me friend or foe?
to travel down the tracks unseen

how does the idea now seem?
shall anyone tell us no?
I once did have a secret dream
to travel down the tracks unseen





and

The Salty Dog

For years I craved for just a taste
Of the seaman's salty mouth
that on a blustery day of haste
I ferried to the south
I sent word for us to meet
At the river tavern
I asked for him to take a seat
he requested I not to speak his taborn
He slipped a finger my way
And gave his signature smile
And on the floor of the tavern we lay
Not for a very long while
A seaman makes a better life while the waves are rocking
Please sir forgive me I shall never again come knocking