Best Lifeboat Poems

In the year ninteen eighty one on the nineteenth day of December
A day the town of Mousehole in Cornwall, will always remember
An R.N.L.I. Watson class wooden lifeboat, the 'Solomon Browne'
Launched from Penlee lifeboat station in that little coastal town.

A coaster on its maiden voyage had...

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Lifeboat
you must not sink
please save me from my fate
love cannot keep me from drowning
in tears...

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Part 10

The Sun high above was swiftly given a shove
    As the Moon appeared to swallow the night.
And with another miserable day... just hours away,
    They all slept to give ease to their plight.

But the morning would bring a...

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It was two in the morning when I heard the beep
And jumped out of bed because I couldn't sleep
I got dressed In two minutes then got into my car 
Then drove to the harbour which wasn't very far. 

Because of my speed the camera flashed...

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Lifeboat men so brave............

A personal tribute to the man and woman of the R.N.L.I. 
"The Royal National Lifeboat Institute". 

Bravest men amongst the brave, 
The lifeboat volunteers. 
Precious people saving lives, 
As they've done for many years. 

Through the waves of raging water, 
Being battered...

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As to the this and the that and the how and the why,
    I pass no judgement on the tale at hand.
And leave it to scribes to much later decide
    The measure of this nautical Man.

He had failed at...

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Part 2

The passengers were a well-heeled lot who
    Had no experience to the rigors at sea.
And their disillusionment grew... on seeing the crew
    Entirely encrusted with earwigs and fleas.

But they were so inclined to pass their time
  ...

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The thing about writing is that you have to organize your deck
Putting the marina ghosts locked inside the captain’s head
And when the itchy comes the breakers will stop
So you can finally see lightness in feelings, words and thoughs

They need to be filled, to be told
But,...

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“With courage nothing is impossible” Sir William Hillary, a retired soldier and founder of the RLNI

A trawler's in distress at sea
It’s sinking, the crew cannot flee
A mayday message reads “Rescue me”
Their lives are at risk, as you can see

Brave lifeboat men will never tire
From aiding...

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“Life in a Lifeboat”


Some rant of thirst and death
Some suffer in solitary silence
Some drink the waves and grow delirious
Some dream of rainwater and a cool wind

You ask, ‘Why should we care:
All will end up
as sordid, decaying flesh
floating on the vast, deep, blue, empty swells?’

Do not...

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Part 4

Now by the end of the day, it was easy to say,
    The Hippo was gracious and kind.
With no desire to offend, it seemed a genuine friend
    And they were glad not to leave it behind.

But the Captain...

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The call goes out , the sirens sound
Crew face the angry sea
The heart beats faster, fear is found
Out there, there is no lea

Look past the bow, there is no lull
All windblown by the gale
Out in the boil, a windswept hull
Our mission must not fail

We see...

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Part 5

They continued to fry under a blistering sky
    With little water to stifle the heat.
When the Hippo put forth, "Considering our course,
    We have entered the waters of a perilous beast."

"You may have heard tales of all manner...

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We are in this boat together
Sailing across the bay.
Some have an easy voyage,
The wind is blowing their way
I wish I could always be sailing
Across an ocean with you
And never reach the other side
though it may be in view.
I want to see the sunrise
Across the dappled...

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Mayday! 
Mayday!
This heavy heart is drowning me
I'm distressed and in a panic
And so far away from shore

Call the coast guard! 
Send out an SOS!
I'm not equipped to say goodbye
In unchartered waters, you left me behind
Alone
To navigate your stormy seas...

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