Ahoy Poems - Poems about Ahoy

[Written as a sort of sea shanty style thing-a-me-Bob. Tin Fish = Torpedo] When the tin fish hit me starboard I was thrown into the sea I sank down to the ocean bed for all eternity I met a man called Davy Jones who handed me a key I opened up his locker just to see what I might...

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Land ahoy there, ahoy, and a whoop-de-do By Jove, I've discovered a new planet or two That passing asteroid shower really empowered My imagination, more vivid by the hour... They call me 'old-timer,' 'cos I wear a bow-tie Smoke a pipe in plush slippers, eat sauerkraut on rye But I'll show my flight crew a...

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ahoy, where is polly ahoy me matey~~where is that parrot~~that land lover stole me words 2019 December 28 *1st Place* A thief who Steals your thoughts ~~Bobby May *3rd Place* Podium placement (1) ~~Brian Strand...

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It is not a foregone conclusion, but a reality; even porcupines know love— without making pain a subsidiary organism; The pain of love’s waves may forth ashore, but the waves recede and the forth dissipates, leaving a sea of memories floating on the ocean of life; Yet, docked and anchored, you can still set sail to tomorrow, today; trust. You are the captain of your soul and the wind in your sail: Ahoy!...

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( To a fellow local poet, Susan Booth, who is taking a sabbatical) Blank page or white screen champing at the bit, both restless for the whip of pen or key mind struggling for a word or phrase that fit the image that the inner self can see. Sometimes one finds the pitcher leaves the well with nothing to inspire, no...

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we all want to fill life with fun and joy while some get it others remain bereft why don’t we all win this journey, ahoy? maybe each one is not equally deft a pity, some don't grab a chance that comes brooding it over, a sheer waste of time one has to be smart to learn fast and hum hymns...

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Let's Go Life's Slow...

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Ahoy, matey! Welcome aboard me ship, Me would have met ye at the airport But, I've got meself a broken hip. Me crew, they be drunk Me parrot's got the sh!ts, Me wooden leg got caught on a rusty nail Me woman's got a hairy lip. I'm sorry to have to tell ye matey But,...

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On 4-15-12 Sinking of the Titanic Atlantic Ocean...

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Will you take my hand and voyage with me upon this ship discovery; Will you come aboard and sail a sea of uncharted waters, fancy-free; Will you explore new sounds, discover a place unknown,with unique imagery; Will you close your eyes, let the canvas unfold, and imagination pen.. poetry?...

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'Twas a dark and stormy night on that dark and stormy night! HMS Blunderbuss plied the billowing seas just off the Isle of Wight! Able Seaman Steer manned the helm when dead ahead he saw the light! He woke the snoozing Officer of the Deck to apprise him of their plight! Captain Ironbottom (who happened to be in the...

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I am a ship, with a sail reaching toward the ether and a rudder reaching back through the water of centuries… … ahead lies my harbor of mystery within…...

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I thought for this'n I be a dodger, But the Cap'n told me to hoist the Jolly Roger. Skull 'n Bones on Black in the air, Ye know, matey, that I be thar. Me peg leg be a clompin' so loud, Ye be sure to find me, even in a crowd. With a patch o'er one eye 'n me parrot too, Ye...

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The ship heaved and lifted with the sea to fall back In cock screwing motion the oaks creaking within Staggering as wind swept the quarter-deck clean Running spray of salt water blurring our vision Deserted looked the Black Knight, sails downed. Shortened to by pass dark rain drenched night ‘Helm-man’ says Melodie the she pirate captian Go on issue chocolates and...

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