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Boats in Harbor
April 24, 2026
Boats in Harbor
Boats sit quietly - idly in the harbor
Each has its own story –
Happy stories of retuning safely home full to the gunnels with a successful catch
Others tell of lost souls who did not make it back to port
Of endless times returning home nearly empty
Lamenting how the fishing grounds have been over harvested
Sometimes it seems easier to sit idle in the harbor
Safe from mishap
Like the boats I think often of staying safe
Never venturing onto rough seas
But that is not how we are built
The boats and I were made for the sea - whether it be stormy or calm
That is where we belong
That is where we must go
Editor: Lia Cook
About the Poet
Howard Moon is a writer and poet. His writing and poetry have appeared in multiple collections and anthologies, Small Change, Montana Mouthful, Das Literarisch Journal, Of Poets and Poetry, Native Skin, Breath and Shadow, Ariel Chart, Steel Jackdaw and more. He has won national, local and regional awards for writing.
He is of Native heritage (BIPOC). In 2012 he suffered a brain injury and has been diagnosed with a mental illness — Pseudobulbar Affect. He has also been diagnosed as a hemipelagic.
Lois
April 24, 2026
Love it, Howard. Congrats.
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