Clipper Ship Poems

Horatio Nelson 1758-1805

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Years ago I did so choose, to go on a Caribbean clipper ship cruise,
and, in addition to several other islands,
anchored off Nevis, northwest of Saint Kitts,
where, in the late 1780's, N...

happiest two friends

...Pirate girl adopted the parrot, for it was great company
They traveled on her clipper ship out to the biggest sea
Sometimes they danced and sang, the parrot on her knee
Happy as two best friends c...

storm of the sea

...The sea was in trouble; turning from blue to black
Nothing alive could survive, said Captain Quack
His ship was bouncing by the storm this night
Everything felt lose, nothing tied down tight.

W...

clipper ship

...clipper ship came sailing Saturday night
pirates on board? Of course!
an insane parrot too...

their sweet spot

...she waits for her lover
watching every sailor as they disembark
from the clipper ship she knows best
recognizing his curly hair she lights up
Algeciras Bay, their sweet spot...

I Got a Stupid Clipper Ship

...I inherited a worn out clipper which made me mad.
For the rest of the cousins got riches, big and bad.
One got emeralds, another got diamond rings.
I got a clipper ship, without the pirate loot of...

Is It a Ghost Ship

...The clipper ship sailed down the channel with nary a sound.
Blue sky noticed that not a live sailor was anywhere around.
Is it a ghost ship? The clouds asked the wind as it passed.
Sure might be, ...

An Ominous Night

...sailed into the pirate moon, is what we did,
South of the Indies with that whipper boy kid.
our clipper ship was bound toward Jamaica now
We would get there somehow, none of us knew how

the moo...

Blue Whale Senses Something

...She came up from the deepest depths of the Indian Sea.
Feeling summoned by a spirit that was wild, zany and free.
A clipper ship was on the top of the waves, but she let it be.
Trying to discern w...

A Clipper Ship For My Birthday Please

...A clipper ship for my birthday please.
I shall enjoy the spray of the ocean breeze.
I may groan and snarl and cough and wheeze.
It would be wonderful, so please do not tease.

Just a second, I n...

She Plots Her Future

...Raven has the clipper ship blues
As her captain turns toward the cape
Leaving her once again in the family way
Her parents forgave her one bairn. Will they forgive two?

At least I had this week...

Springtime Thaw

...Early Earth thaw
First gasp of breath
Heaves its snow chest
Like a blanket pulled back

Arches its cadaverous humps
A surfacing serpent
Along the street curbs

Slithers to the drains
Snakes...

Mists of Skull Coast

...The cold blue waves move gently with the surf
The azure ocean is deep like the soul
The wind murmurs above the ocean
Whistling in gaps of granite rocks it causes commotion

Further north green s...

Letters To Mary

...I pull my shirt off
to check for the bulls eye
Today it’s there
so I’ll run and hide
but to no avail
I’m the pawn in your diabolical tale
premeditated and calculated
guess I missed the cookie...

Malaysia

...The gentle breezes danced
On the tips of the harbor waves
As I watched the village 
Filled with huts fade away
On the Malaysian shoreline 

All of the fisherman
In their long boats followed
Until all...

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