Best Freighter Poems

When the wind catches the sails at night
And the masts protest with screeching,
Sailors say the ghosts are causing a fright
From deck to crow’s nest beseeching.

The captain already gone below the deck
To spend an evening with a book relaxing,
Is never summoned out of great respect
To return...

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Trump Took Fast Freighter

To China, Trump has taken a fast freighter;
While on the way he became chaos creator;
Caused a mishap,
Using wrong map;
Never on time and always two hours later.

Jim Horn...

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Awoken at 3:30 a.m.
On Mackinac Island at the Grand Hotel
By a freighter blowing its foghorn
Like a calf half separated
From its mother

Bellowing out there somewhere
Lost and meandering
In the thick fog
Stunned by the freezing May water.

Up from bed
Out to the balcony
I felt for the iron side of...

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