Boatswain Poems - Poems about Boatswain

...The hustle and the bustle of the port is all around The shouting of the merchants quoting prices by the pound The throwing of supplies over gunwales is all but done The time has come for us to le......Read the rest...

...His life raft drifted helplessly in an ocean of tears and lost dreams In tangible finite and impermanent flow He lost his compass and the needle festered in Tom’s purulent arm A portal t......Read the rest...

...Let us make ready and set sail This mighty frigate will prevail We will see what we will see Mother Sea is calling me The Mainsail, Lanteen and Jib are set First Mate, Boatswain and crew are t......Read the rest...

...~ Homage to Walt Sing Matt Tilde ~ The art of the "FAKE" deal (according to Walt Dizzy Take a Knee Sing Matt Tilde) once again as oft iterated in previous poems, doth (sou......Read the rest...

...The helmsman sings a merry song: Haec est vera fraternas, and downs a cup of something strong, Hick, vera, hick, hick, fraternas. The sailors dance a lusty jig, forsaking sails, crow's nest an......Read the rest...

...†††††††††THE UNFORGIVABLE VOYAGE†††††††† Tears trickled through my face As our vessel threshed the deep. Seagulls flapped their wings on The beach as I watched them Disappear before my sight. ......Read the rest...

...The helmsman sings a merry song: Haec est vera fraternas, and downs a cup of something strong, Hick, vera, hick, hick, fraternas. The sailors dance a lusty jig, forsaking sails, crow's nest an......Read the rest...

...INSCRIPTION ON THE MONUMENT OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG. When some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth, The sculptor’s art exhausts the pomp of woe, And storied u......Read the rest...

...Brenda penned a story about Brennan the boatswain in Bermuda Who had bought a Bavaria 43 barque for a sailing adventure. The story began with the ballad of Brennan: 'Come sail with me, on see-saw ......Read the rest...

...Sargasso ..by D Johnson Fourteen days adrift time slowly slipped on the good ship Cavalier Becalmed, morose, no water they sipped drank rum to calm their fear The fog was thick o'er water a......Read the rest...

...There is a reality in mortality That eats away your soul As life slowly passes I get the urge To feel those high seas roll Taste the salt on my tongue Just like when I was young Hear the boatsw......Read the rest...

...A quiet man, a good man. An exquisite artist in watercolor. Self taught. As a sailor, he was excused from chipping paint, swabbing decks, or peeling spuds by lighting up when the Chi......Read the rest...

...When the time arrives for me to depart from the sunlit harbors of the living. Take me aboard a navy fighting ship and carry me back again to the sea. Order the boatswain to construct a skid ma......Read the rest...

...When the time arrives for me to depart from the sunlit harbors of the living. Take me aboard a navy fighting ship and carry me back again to the sea. Order the boatswain to construct a skid ma......Read the rest...