Love Tribute To a Native American Ship's Captain In Alaska

NATIVE AMERICAN MAN in Alaska Love Tribute to a ship’s captain By Victoria Anderson –Throop In early May Black rough seas Fought stormy skies The North Sea Battled the blowsy gusts Like an angry lover In early May My Norwegian madness Attacked me like a dog I yearned to feel The wild motion under my feet The spray screaming ice on my face Ships were moored Or Dry docked until June My crazy man A ship's captain Loved the stormy sea Shared Viking blood His father, A Norwegian ship’s captain In Alaskan waters Went adrift in a storm And never left a sweet Inuit's bed. My man felt it too, The thrill of the wind and sea. Doubtless foolhardy Certainly risky The smell of rain And the thirty kinds of snow We tossed the lines And let the Raging rig Celebrate our pleasure As the sky Made passionate love to the sea.