Bilges Poems - Poems about Bilges

...Off to the sea in ships we all go, Untested, but cock sure, as iron to a forge Deck apes, snipes and gunners are we, Salt spray, steam and gun smoke to deal Up early and turning to ‘til late,......Read the rest...

...A tramp steamer plies an ocean of fog. The Chief Bos’n makes a note in the log while the helmsman Strains to see beyond the wheel. The ship’s Captain leaves the bridge with a groan. It’s his ......Read the rest...

...I’d set upon a long, uncertain voyage. Twas one to test the pilot’s skeely art Of navigating perils yet uncharted While facing fears to daunt the stoutest heart. I’d drop the lead to sound the s......Read the rest...

...Chapter 13d Yet at length he reawakened As if in another lifetime Han discerned a sound and movement Stiffly rose to look about him And he saw his precious Matto Crouching near him in th......Read the rest...

...Chapter 13c In the tracks of these cetaceans  For as long as he could follow  So he said to Tor the shipwright  "I will follow after Matto   “In the hope beyond all hoping  That my boy might......Read the rest...

...In the hold tears are shackled White eyes stare dark corners Bare breasts hang limpid Humanity dowsed in sewage The slaver pitches, rolls Each wave a fathom from home Each trough a deeper des......Read the rest...

...https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=9tWlUN0pFp4 DORA'S CURSE by Don Johnson Queensland, Australia What was that curse thou did rehearse, just ye and me and him? ......Read the rest...

...sometimes staring at a wordless emptiness of white hesitant fingers hover over keys like a fox ears over snow It's there reflecting in time's vibration smelling of salt and tar Lines twisted ta......Read the rest...