Mother's Cradle
...In the Med aboard the Byrd,
Captain spoke and gave the word.
Rough course ahead, but still on track.
If not on duty, then hit your rack.
For Rob and I, we had to know.
So, topside bound to s...
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Categories:
bulkheads, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Of Ships and the Sea
...I have long loved sailing ships, and stories and movies about them. I have even spent a few months designing and making a couple of models to erect inside bottles. Fascinated with the subject, I ...
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Categories:
bulkheads, adventure, courage, history, imagery,
Form: Ballade
Va Pensieri - Go, Thoughts
...Va Pensieri
My solitude, which I prefer
Does not, like some, plunge to despair
But rather it does stimulate
My mind for thoughts to create.
Inside my room, alone again
For all the sounds do...
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Categories:
bulkheads, feelings, poetry,
Form: Verse
Battleship
...Ocean blue, upon lazy waves I share this tale
Of a behemoth beast- the color of death, lifeless and pale
Forty miles long he was, from snout to tail
A frightenin' thing onboard a fifty foot barque 'n...
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Categories:
bulkheads, funny,
Form: Couplet
Old Ironsides
...Only silence dresses her rigging now
To the call of the bosun’s whistle
Her hatches now stand locked and secure
Where long past sailors once lingered
She is the last of the old frigates
Moored i...
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Categories:
bulkheads, history, inspirational, loss, mystery,
Form: Free verse