Best Old Salt Poems

The Old Salt was a special man who came along in a time
when he was needed most.

A time that is now gone forever.
When men believed...

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Forth he went upon the sea
grizzled and tough as he could be.

But when the old salt came to shore
he'd look for Jenny Lynn some more.

She...

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Once there was a man called Mike & Irk	
got his sweetheart “sweet tooth” pop rocks,
Bon-bon, candy, lollipop, toffee
Wonka laffy taffy cherry
Bloody how could the “old...

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I’ve seen the seaman’s life around, 
 So, when I step on solid ground, 
 Where I’ve forgot how life self goes, 
 Who rules...

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Nimitz is still strong
the "Old Salt" is getting old
set to sail again...

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It's the summer, and it's time
to take the train to old Saint Ives
and visit my Aunt Clementine
who lives alone by an old salt mine. ...

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It was glorious ...

A glorious, glowing morn ...
crimson crept up the sky, as if air-brushed ...
little round globs of fair-weather clouds tiptoed on the reach,
(so...

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There was once an old salt named Abel
With replacement parts to enable
When he died they made good
Of the left-over wood
Enough for three chairs and a...

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Spider’s Rigging
“I had resolved on a voyage around the world, and as the wind
on the morning of April 24, 1895 was fair, at noon I...

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Art gallery glimpses
Posters on walls;
Unfamiliar insights

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Fresh good market
Country festival;
Abundant fruits

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Young child escorted
Proud parents each side;
Nurture greets nature

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Roasted meat stall
Duck, chicken, BBQ pork;
Appetizing fares

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Pay day queue
Busy...

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The Farming couple 


The farmer and his wife 
is harvesting almond
 a net around the tree and 
a long stick 
she picks up the nuts...

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Once upon a time in the lands from the north, south, east to west    
Navigating on the cold white sands formed of...

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Taste sanguine rhymes in simple flair,
Indulge blunt wit as rhythm springs;
Notes frame old times in common air,
Truth spreads fine bits as music flings.
Obtain sure flow...

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SKIFF
blue hull
abandoned

in its twilight days
sailing the sea, no more
sadly, left upon the shore

"the fishing boat of an old salt"



June 6, 2022
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I came to rest 
At the Edge's Mill Inn
But that old smell missed
I just smelled again.

The longing quenched 
My surprise of you 
Then I knew
The...

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