Boatswain Poems - Poems about Boatswain

... SEA WANTS ME Waves are here for the winners spirals floating in turquoise dance ululating undulating blue bright sight a point with paddle board to soar sanguine Seas I know not w......

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...Irrational exuberance at respite from reading... (on a rainy May thirteenth two thousand and twenty five) as a balm against ennui becoming engrossed, immersed, and lost in space of orrery reg......

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..."Hold fast, don't let the lines slip", The ropes tighten around the mast of the ship, A salty Captain grasps the wooden helm, Waves rip on the horizon, his realm, Quartermaster yells "Storm headi......

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...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......

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...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......

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...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......

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...~ 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......

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...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......

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...†††††††††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. ......

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...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......

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...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......

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...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 ......

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...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......

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...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......

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...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......

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