Anchor
...We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest for...
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Categories:
crew member, fate,
Form: Free verse
Gratitude For Running Water On Tap
...Gratitude for running water on tap...
and heat flowing with a snap
After shaving and showering,
yours truly feels winsome
though morose seeing
unwanted adipose "love handles"
inflating mine ...
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Categories:
crew member, 12th grade, america, angel,
Form: Rhyme
A a Ship of Dreams
...The ship of dreams
I have never been to Sylhet, Bangladesh it doesn’t matter
it was in May, the rain was relentless, and the last Bengal tigers
had drowned in a flood plain and a famous man had b...
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Categories:
crew member, beach, devotion, history,
Form: Blank verse
Are You Having the Same Dream As Me
...Are you having the same dream as me,
Do you dream you are aboard the Titanic,
And you have been focused on the Running of the ship,
Marvelling at how smoothly she moves through the water.
Your...
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Categories:
crew member, analogy, baptism, care, character,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Moby Dick: Retribution, Be It Man Or Beast
...Moby Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, published in London in October 1851 as The Whale and a month later in New York City as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. It is dedicated to Nathaniel Haw...
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Categories:
crew member, angst, character, conflict, muse,
Form: Dramatic Verse
No Lentil Beans Before Bedtime Unless Blast Off Two
...would conveniently scare bejesus
among any hooligan tween
ready and willing to cause mischief
while prowling for methamphetamine,
or other drug of choice
one motley crew member seen
dodging, ...
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Categories:
crew member, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Death of a Young Man
...Death of a young man
There is a schooner in the bay flags on half mast
a crew member had fallen from the top of the mast
and since the ship had no freezer he had been
buried at sea. This remind...
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Categories:
crew member, absence, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Blank verse
The Enola Gay Section One
...In the year 1945, a few powerful American leaders decided it was alright for them to play God. Taking the initiative to create a weapon of mass destruction, not exceeded still today, or even closely ...
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Categories:
crew member, abuse, conflict, death, world
Form: Narrative
Rafshropshirelad
...I volunteered for service in the RAF in early 1942,
When I’d just become 18 and got three shillings a day;
I became a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner right through,
And was then sent home to await tr...
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Categories:
crew member, courage, england, hero, history,
Form: Quatrain
Instauration
...“Abandon ship and from her flee
Better her than all be lost to sea.”
“First Mate, be rendered silent,” is the captain’s plea
“Dear crew, I beg, depart not, stay along with me.”
But Admiral calls fro...
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Categories:
crew member, abuse, growing up, life,
Form: Ode
We Have Not Yet Begun
...For USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD6)
We Have Not Yet Begun..........
Some experiences leave words
inadequate to describe them
Like standing on the flight deck
of the USS Bonhomme Richard
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Categories:
crew member, character, devotion, freedom, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
Fear of Ghosts
...Fear of ghosts?
USA, a thrill word of my boyhood, great things happens in
America. From the deck I saw the statue of liberty; fabulous,
a dream came true I thought. Immigration officials boar...
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Categories:
crew member, life, peace, political, satire,
Form: Blank verse
Mystery At Midnight
...Midnight hour was approaching. . .
New Jersey forests hugged each
Side of the lonely highway.
Tired feet and tired bodies
Rested upon worn leather seats
In the black stretch limousine
Contai...
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Categories:
crew member, adventure, angst, life, mystery,
Form: Free verse
On the Beam To Oberon
...On the BEAM to OBERON
On the BEAM to OBERON
Chapter 22 CHEPH111
Charlockandroidone7 listed the crew members nammes
MarYlin Mist: she was the captain and the pilot of th...
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Categories:
crew member, adventure, science fiction, social,
Form: Free verse