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Ships at Anchor [Haiku]

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Photograph of Kaohsiung Harbor in south Taiwan.
ships in harbor,
 anchored fore and aft,
  await the typhoon.

At Harbor [Lyric Poem]

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A stiff line of ships
   Stands in the harbor:
 Neither rise nor dip -
   Just anchored torpor.

Is a storm coming?
   Will ships be unbound?
 Will waves be drumming,
   Or lost be all sound?

If a ship snaps loose,
   Will it reach the sea
 To become a recluse,
   A ghost ship riding free?