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Pirate Tale

To the ship they row
Pirates Pete and Bo
Sea prowess to show
Sailing!

Argh! They proudly crow
Greeting all they know
With a 'Yo-ho-ho'
Hailing!

Sea terrors, heigh-ho!
Stolen treasures stow
Overboard men throw
Quailing!

Storm winds fiercely blow
Apprehensions grow
Enemy adds woe
Trailing...

Formidable foe
Tragic overthrow
Sad, their ship's death-throe
Failing!

Sloshing to and fro
Amid undertow
Down and down they go
Flailing!

Out the waters flow
Bath-time over, so
Out the pirates go
Wailing!



Another attempt at a Lai poem... still not sure whether I'm getting it right, but either way, it was fun! ;D

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/15/2019 6:55:00 PM

well, I never heard of Lai poem but by the pattern I am seeing, it sure looks like you did it right. GREAT how you put it all together.

Rhona Mcferran
Date: 3/15/2019 10:49:00 PM

Thank you so much, my friend! ;)

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 3/2/2019 6:54:00 PM

Those little pirates have fantastic imaginations, wonder what other adventures they'll have?

Rhona Mcferran
Date: 3/2/2019 11:01:00 PM

I was actually thinking of the Calvin & Hobbes comic strip when I wrote about their 'formidable foe' (the Mom coming in to end their splashing fun)... as it often showed the little boy imagining his parents or teachers as some kind of enemy (alien, dinosaur, etc...). So true to childhood! ;D

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 2/27/2019 6:43:00 AM

Rhona, I have no idea what a Lai poem is, but this was fun to read, and you know I am all "about" pirates, and yo-ho-hoing! So of course I adore this one.

Rhona Mcferran
Date: 2/27/2019 12:35:00 PM

Argh, me matey! ;D (Thank you, my soul sister!)