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Best Cargo Ship Poems

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Premium Member The Sinking of the Cargo Ship El Faro
The Sinking of the Cargo Ship, El Faro


The Bible, itself, speaks of the men of the world that go down to the sea in ships
because...

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Categories: cargo ship, storm, tribute,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member An Elegy for a Fallen Bridge: Baltimore’s Night of Tragedy
As night draped its cloak over Baltimore's sleeping form,
A cargo ship, the MV Dali, sailed to greet the dawn.
From the bustling harbor shores it had...

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Categories: cargo ship, death, horror,
Form: Elegy
Utopia
Our lives and our time
Fired useless
Into the air
Toy cap gun shots
Those winter palaces unstormed
No tax offices ransacked
Where is utopia I asked
And no-one knew
They looked at...

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Categories: cargo ship, political,
Form: Blank verse
Stolen Island
Before it was Camp Justice and a U.S. military base,
Diego Garcia was a peaceful paradise, a beautiful place.
The U.S. and U.K. wanted the island swept...

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© Wes Martin  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cargo ship, beautiful, depression, horror, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
What True Worship Can Do For You
one day a cargo ship lost control 
and crashed into a busy commercial pier
the determinant cause of the accident
was a lack of daily maintenance and...

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Categories: cargo ship, devotion, faith, happiness, inspirational,
Form: Narrative



The Man With the Crooked Smile and Big Hands
A long long time ago
Before digital took over the planet.
My grandfather was n airman in WW2.
He never dropped a single bomb
or even fired a weapon...

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© Jude Kyrie  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cargo ship, england, grandparents, history, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Letter To Grandpa Ralph
As I thought upon the coming of February, the month designated as Black History Month, I began to think upon potential ancestors of long long...

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Categories: cargo ship, christian, family, grandfather, history,
Form: Rhyme
Of Unknown Origin
Nylon waste is often akin to a brushed out stable, manger, or stall. But brushing the carpet is often a resemblance of a swirling cloud...

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Categories: cargo ship, beach, beautiful,
Form: I do not know?
Once Upon the Green Sea
Once  upon a time

I was, it seems like 100 years ago,
on an old fashion cargo ship, the carried all sorts
from potatoes, flour, machine parts,...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cargo ship, blue, boxing day , bridal
Form: Blank verse
Retired Sea Master
Retired Sea Master.
Brilliant sun, cold wind from the Atlantic I’m standing outside 
the hotel by the car while my wife is arguing with the staff,...

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Categories: cargo ship, blue, boat, cool,
Form: Blank verse
The Merchant Seaman
He was turbulent, fearful, and a dipsomaniac. He was dead to the target, undeniable emulation of his father. So I've been told.

Equated with many of...

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Categories: cargo ship, father,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Quietly
Quietly the red and gray ship slips out the river's mouth. Guided by the pilot's skilled
hand between the buoys into the open sea.  The...

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Categories: cargo ship, inspirational, life, nature,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Against Stupidity
 Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Friedrick Schiller 


We are now used to accept that money
Is our gods, and getting it is pure...

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Categories: cargo ship, sea, storm,
Form: Couplet
The Hidden
The Hidden 

In an old cigar box I have old black & white photos, 
nearing Christmas I sometimes take them out- one
can say I give...

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Categories: cargo ship, thank you, old, easter,
Form: Blank verse
Welcome Onboard
Welcome onboard
 
I don’t care to read of other people dreams it has nothing to do with 
me, so I will tell you a real...

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Categories: cargo ship, funny, life, sad, satire,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Shattered Sighs