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# By The Pier
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/by-the-pier/
- Published: 2022-08-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: lonely boats out by the pier wait for someone to appear to untie the rope that chokes and to paddle with bold strokes out there, where the water's deep come, please, wake them from their sleep
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

lonely boats out by the pier  
wait for someone to appear  
to untie the rope that chokes  
and to paddle with bold strokes  
out there, where the water's deep  
come, please, wake them from their sleep

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**Author notes:** image from vineyardgazette.com