The Mary Rose

Sonetto Rispetto Sonnet Wind ripped through the rigging and wind was strong blowing cold,. Sheets with extended billows were stiff, unyielding and men struggled long to reef them making safe the Mary Rose. In waves she pitched and rolled the whole night long giving crew no quarter and Captain Mose made much the fight having never lost ship or men on any North Atlantic trip. Master Mose welcomed storm, it tried his skill. This Danish ship and crew would survive storm. For ten years he’d been captain without loss, yet this sea was bad testing now his will, and assaulting weather seemed now the norm while crashing waves the Mary Rose did toss. 6-29-18