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Best Matey Poems

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The Pirates Life
He stands upon the salty,slippery deck,
Yelling yaargh matey ,
with a halfhearted pirate drawl.
He's not to impressed with himself,
not an eyepatch or wooden leg,
not even a...

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Categories: matey, adventure, funny, imagination, life,
Form: Rhyme



4 30 Am When Sheep Leap and Lay In a Heap
It's 4:30am and I can't sleep,
the sheep leap and lay in a heap,
told me they're tired and got shut eye,
even my own mind has shunned...

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: matey, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Big Ben Blues
I courted a British lady
Whose name was Sadie O'Grady
She took off her drawers
I exclaimed ‘Oh good lord!’
You sure ain’t no LADY, matey!...

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Categories: matey, funny,
Form: Limerick
Culture Clash
In Oxford and Cambridge, they can get jolly batey
‘cos they don’t speak proper wot like I do matey...

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Categories: matey, class, culture, humorous, language,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Age of the Pirate
I once knew a pirate named Grady
I attended his birthday in Haiti
He flew into a rage
When I asked him his age
But his only reply was...

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Categories: matey, nonsense,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Grandson
"Granny let's go"
With gusto said
"Below . . . basement"

"Gran first placement"
His statement rang
Payment. . . safety

He said bravely
. . . "hastily come,
Matey"  if ....

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Categories: matey, children, humor,
Form: Than-Bauk
Premium Member Silly One Liners
If I said you had a beautiful body
Would you hold it against me, sweet lady
What an opening line that would be
Guarantees you a slap, there...

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Categories: matey, silly,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Chug-A-Lug Pub Song
When the day dwindles pale...with my tall mug of ale
I'm a weepy ole' fool , it is quite plain to see 
I'll  shed many...

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Categories: matey, music,
Form: Lyric
Shiver Me Timbers
I'll tell ye of me life as a pirate
I knows ye sees me as some old codger
But when I was a young'n matey
I sailed 'neath...

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© Dan Cwiak  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: matey, adventure, humor, journey, violence,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Jewfish and the Gentile
Said the scuba diver to the grouper, "My, you're quite a dish!
How about you and me 'hooking' up is my most fervent wish!"

"You have the...

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Categories: matey, funny, romanceme, me, ,
Form: Couplet
Blossom
Blossom
                        ...

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Categories: matey, world,
Form: Rhyme
For Sale
I talked it over with Glen,
Me sole mate and imaginary friend
He said “Listen here me matey”
“It’s the best way for you in the end”

So as...

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Categories: matey, funny, me,
Form: Rhyme
Bath-Time Blackbeard
I jump into the ocean 
And climb aboard my ship.
I’m a pirate captain, Matey!
Let me give you a few tips:

1. I’ll make you walk the...

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Categories: matey, adventure, child, childhood, children,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Black Snow
1. A dangerous vision coveting another,
blurred by envy to need a mental monocle.
she burns in such deadly blast
not to realize the soul already promulgate itself
to...

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Categories: matey, anger, anxiety, dark, evil,
Form: Lyric
Ship Ahoy Divorce Style
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Categories: matey, adventure, fantasy, children, funny,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs