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Best Joseph Conrad Poems


In Memory of Joseph Conrad
Man of the sea, why are you departing, forever away,
 touching a sail on the ship that glides, fading as a wave?
 Winds of seas only waving, hugging flags goodbye for the brave.
 The sails of your ship are shyly caressing wind at play.
 Sorrow...

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Categories: joseph conrad, tribute,
Form: Verse
Joseph Conrad
As a child you lost your parents and family wealth
by the decree of the Russian Tsar.
You barely remembered your mother teaching you French.
You were noble, aristocratic Polish child.

Your father Apollo, a poet and a writer,
was your first teacher of English.
He composed a poem to commemorate...

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Categories: joseph conrad, thank you,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things