Deckhands Poems - Poems about Deckhands

...(Or, The Whaler) Everybody wants a piece of my action Everyone wants a piece of me Time is money — no satisfaction All I want is to get myself free I became famous — Vulgar and shamele......Read the rest...

...Love was in the wrong places Out of luck, there'd none at all Veered cross his eyes on faces Ebbed men and numbers to call Twilight drops an altered star ......Read the rest...

...Wind filled sails drives his command, A salty breeze chisels his face. The crew obeys his every demand, Master of the sea stands in his place. Sailing South to all virgin lands, Heading's true......Read the rest...

...Wind sweeps down the side of the mountain Crosses tracks and flings itself across the river, First slapping against the sides of the tugboats Causing the deckhands to shiver and curse ......Read the rest...

...I see it now flying low over silver-spumed waves. I am a watcher I can enlarge the picture zoom in look into bright midnight eyes as if it were I that propelled it. Sprea......Read the rest...

...The wheel of the ship spinning 'round out of control, the captain below deck spitting vitriol, first mate and deckhands at loose ends, no orders or goal... all coming undone beached on a ......Read the rest...

...Saint Jude himself couldn't stop the spinning chariot wheels of all my lost causes, but I have this self-help book that I keep at my elbow; one day I'll read it. Occasionally I take a trip i......Read the rest...

...With a big gash on her side still no one thought she'd sink In wanting to enjoy the ride such things they didn't think The alarms had been sounded with lifeboats at the ready Yet thinking it was ......Read the rest...

...The captain’s eyes glow ruby red Atop the steamer’s deck – A rusted tin can set adrift By rough Atlantic crests A crimson emblem sanctions This whaler’s floating tomb – A battered vessel bear......Read the rest...