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Batten Down The Hatches Poems - Poems about Batten Down The Hatches

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Premium Member Body Divine
...In just two weeks I will attain the body divine Eat my greens, attempt a sit up or two... If only I'd lay off reduced aisle wine Replace old habits with a nicotine chew. I should take this day......Read the rest...
Categories: batten down the hatches, change, culture, funny, growth,
Form: Narrative

Premium Member The Uss Arizona 12 7 41
...I race toward my workspace, now battle station Code Zebra, ASAP, batten down the hatches! Ka-boom! Boom! Boom! A trance-like sensation Shipmates scramble for smokes and matches Ray, Dale, an......Read the rest...
Categories: batten down the hatches, history, soldier, war,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Captain Pugwash and First Mate
...Your voyage began in the summer of 69. The adventures of life lay ahead. Though you knew it would not all be plain sailing, Your four years of prep put you in good stead. At times, when your se......Read the rest...
Categories: batten down the hatches, anniversary, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Storm Warning
...There’s a storm on the way, that will deliver a blow No travel is advised, and it’s not because of snow Visibility will be impacted so you better hunker down It’s going to bring a flood, please tr......Read the rest...
Categories: batten down the hatches, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Writing In the Now
... Stop present time now! Let us go no further. Let's enjoy the now, somehow. Muses and we, sisters and brothers. Batten down the hatches on reality. Only stars dance, we staunchly state.......Read the rest...
Categories: batten down the hatches, feelings, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Whale Tale
...Let me tell you a tale Of a wild ride on the tail Of a whale So through the water he splashes Hither and fro he dashes Batten down the hatches I never thought Id ride a whale anywhere Its ......Read the rest...
Categories: batten down the hatches, animal, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Rise To the Occasion
...Rise to the occasion of the weather Inform the storm of cruel intentions Lift your eyes above tsunami fury Take back the waves you came in on Make earthquakes miracles that move Shake hands wi......Read the rest...
Categories: batten down the hatches, appreciation, natural disasters, weather,
Form: Didactic
God Is the Captain
... God is The Captain Gather up this new love That was sent from above Now it is ours to share So to God send a thank you prayer Give us inspiration to do for each other What one c......Read the rest...
Categories: batten down the hatches, appreciation, bible, boat, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fleeing Irma
...FLEEING IRMA spotlight moon, full, like an Old Testament cloud, leading Floridians forth, not into the desert, but away from the wrath of Irma. bumper to bumper, neighbors from pilot to caboose......Read the rest...
Categories: batten down the hatches, car, people, religious, storm,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Tongue
...When ever I turn to look at you What could the difference be Out of all the words that you spew And a boat tossed on the sea To say you have a hard time Is to say the least A rudder for your ......Read the rest...
Categories: batten down the hatches, inspirational, life,
Form: Rhyme
Disruption
...Are we ready for what’s to come? Will we know how to behave? Never before in human history has there been such disruption. It was once a much simpler place. No more. The future is arriving faster t......Read the rest...
Categories: batten down the hatches, art,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Dark Sea
...It fills me with trepidation To sail upon the sea, A heaving green colossus Of such immensity. No fetters can restrain you, Borders you have none, There are cold dark depths within you Whe......Read the rest...
Categories: batten down the hatches, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Hunkering Down
...Ready or not here he comes Best you batten down the hatches Unless you were one of the smart ones to run Like a Coon Hound in July chasing rabbits Alright, alright, alright As you turn and fa......Read the rest...
Categories: batten down the hatches, fun, humor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hurricane Matthew's Ominous Show
...Hurricane Matthew is lurking like a message from the Devil. It is sinister and daunting, putting millions in peril. The forces of nature are giving us an ominous hello, Putting on an enormous and ......Read the rest...
Categories: batten down the hatches, natural disasters,
Form: Rhyme
Wading Through Venom
...I love the way the sky defends the sea; The way the waves do break upon the shore. But when the clouds seep in to disagree— My eyes begin to guide the tides of war. My fingers twitch; I smell the......Read the rest...
Categories: batten down the hatches, anger, beach, conflict, sea,
Form: Sonnet

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