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# The Flying Dutchman
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-flying-dutchman/
- Published: 2021-11-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: she waits there, for the tide that lifts all boats the rushing water comes, and soon she floats but in her mind, she wanders, just how high the water needs to be for her to fly
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

she waits there, for the tide that lifts all boats  
the rushing water comes, and soon she floats  
but in her mind, she wanders, just how high  
the water needs to be for her to fly

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**Author notes:** AN: photo thanks to bryangoff.com https://allpoetry.com/contest/2793260--388-MAX-6-lines---PHOTO-is-prompt