Noel Villarosa Poet Rhyme

The Great Battleship

THE GREAT BATTLESHIP


Once sailed as the lumbering hulks of the high seas
Fierce winds accompanied most of its expedition
Woozy and exhausted crews grappled the oars and crosstrees
With smoothbore and muzzle-loading guns geared up for a mission

The tall vertical spar supporting aloft the white canvas
Stretched out to catch the invisible strength of the wind
The ship’s keel watching the seabed at its vast
Emerged gradually from the water to meet the enemy lines

Whizzing salvo of the battle began off the island
Ships clashed, and soldiers engaged in a fight
Dead bodies slammed and the injured crossed to near land
Hear leaves without figs crushed to the ground

Ship ahoy! Shouted by villagers as they waited eagerly
Slowly ship emerged with the image of heavy wreckage
Wounded and exhausted crews embraced their family
Another saga of brave men printed on book’s page

The plaintive music now played on air
Tattoo beats called soldiers back to barracks
From bow to stern, ships respite from war
A short-lived fashion from majestic into rugs

For chieftains, captains, and crews laid beneath the ocean
Their remains rested in their sunken ship as their grave
Great battleships are now history and ordain
Shipwrecks underneath the sea were untouched and remained a treasure
Let in children’s cry slowly clear the fogs of war
And hail farewell to brave men who once sailed with the great battleship of all times


Posted also in voicesnet.com Poetry Site on 28 September 2009
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Andrea Dietrich January 3, 2011 at 10:38 PM You did very well with this historical sounding poem, Noel. I was happy to find this one that I had not read yet. I think I have now officiatlly run out of poems of yours to see!! Luv, Andrea

Poet Destroyer A May 22, 2010 at 4:40 AM intresting, well done on the job, and story you have posted to be read this morning. thank also for the info,..p.d.

Anthony Nutter May 22, 2010 at 3:56 AM Interesting read, should consider expanding away from poetry form into a book.