Best Admiralty Poems
Below are the all-time best Admiralty poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of admiralty poems written by PoetrySoup members
Powder MonkeyThe noose is a nightmare for any seafaring man
Especially those who thrive the best they can
Danger lurks on the waves like a mugger in the...
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Categories:
admiralty, adventure, childhood, father, imagination,
Form:
Ballad
War Grave, Name UnknownUntimely death, why come so near
To taunt my soul with mortal fear.
I cannot go – so unprepared
So full of life and yet so scared.
The world’s...
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Categories:
admiralty, bereavement, betrayal, death, grave,
Form:
Couplet
Henrey Morgan a Storm On the Spanish MainHenry Morgan is my name
Being a pirate is my fame
A landlubber wasn't for me
Fortunes were made at sea
From port and starboard cannons roar
Through Spanish ships...
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Categories:
admiralty, history,
Form:
Couplet
The Lusitania (Part One)More than twelve hundred souls
Meet their watery grave.
German U-boat patrols
Spark a fatal shockwave.
This echo of the past
Resounds throughout history.
Rousing war unsurpassed,
Deadly shroud of mystery.
The empire...
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Categories:
admiralty, history, warwar, war,
Form:
Ballad
OverboardIm happy as long as im free
so why live by admiralty?
im not on a boat
my thoughts make me float
this continent isnt a sea...
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Categories:
admiralty, life,
Form:
Limerick
Who Fought AloneWho fought Alone
Untimely death, why come so near
To taunt my soul with mortal fear.
I cannot go - so unprepared
So full of life and yet...
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Categories:
admiralty, conflict, dark, death, feelings,
Form:
Couplet
Gray-Eyed PrinceThe birches and the lindens –
in hair have fire.
On the road is noise –
The white horse runs.
Autumn, as a sorrow,
has spread everywhere.
Where, from whom
do...
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Categories:
admiralty, song-autumn, me,
Form:
Lyric
GallipoliIn you the Dogs of War unleashed again
an Expeditionary Force by sea,
and in the ground in years fourscore and ten
lie bones...
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Categories:
admiralty, war,
Form:
Sonnet
Lust In LoveWriggled in her arms.
Lost in an adventure of romance, moving far afield.
Though I have no weakness for writing,
my story got underway.
Wallowing in the admiralty...
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Categories:
admiralty, anxiety, for her, girlfriend,
Form:
Free verse
Rms LusitaniaThose illegal acts
are sort against each other
who was right brother
Carrying ammo
playing outside of the rules
the Brits more fool them
No flags were flying
her identity disguised
wise decision,...
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Categories:
admiralty, america, dark, grief, hate,
Form:
Senryu
Woodlands VisitA touching sip
Glimpses now grip
A Woodlands trip
Old times come round
Feel the same grounds
Old touch new found
A train ride tells
Styles a fond spell
Just where you dwell
A...
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Categories:
admiralty, change,
Form:
Rhyme
Os Ted BriggsFloating, adrift in icy water; like discarded driftwood
(his Commander, Warrand, bravely stepped aside to let him pass)
the sole survivor so thought Ted; of the proud...
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Categories:
admiralty, death,
Form:
Rhyme
The Waters-The Waters
'Waters!' said I, 'thing of neap tide.'
To warn me about the marine
I crave the aquatic, Atlantic admiralty
Death shall bring reefs
Aboard seaborne ships
Waters, Lakes, Seas
All...
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Categories:
admiralty, adventure, analogy, anxiety, environment,
Form:
Free verse
Royalty On Shoulders of LoyaltyThey don’t part with loyalty:
Members of The Royalty:
Raiders grabbing a booty:
Just judge it your First Duty…
Big fault of The Royalty;
You can’t dodge its penalty:
Of unpleasantness...
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Categories:
admiralty, people, perspective, political, power,
Form:
Rhyme