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Forecastle Poems - Poems about Forecastle


major storm on the horizon reported from the forecastle
...major storm on the horizon reported from the "Fo'c'sle" Though forever being a landlubber a vision analogous to the nether world deep within the bowels of the Earth immensely distant from the s......

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Categories: forecastle, absence, anxiety, destiny, god,
Form: Free verse
Fo'C's'Le - a Dream
...fo'c·'sle /'fohksel/ noun deriv: forecastle 1. the forward part of a ship below the deck, traditionally used as the crew's living quarters. 2. historical: a raised deck at the f......

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Categories: forecastle, boat, endurance, history, native
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Premium Member Captiva morns -
... wish! wish! wish for the sun! there, once ... in port on Captiva, slumbering the bottlenoses sang me to every first blush ... tender, daily......

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Categories: forecastle, animal, appreciation, memory, nature,
Form: Free verse
The Impossible Bottle
...Romantic but not by beauty Songs that were left behind ......

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Categories: forecastle, adventure, lonely, music, romance,
Form: Free verse
The Moon Also Rises - the Midwatch
...The Moon Also Rises The Midwatch Harry Mayer The X.O.’s in the shower and the Captain’s in his bed. The Chiefs’ are playin’ poker as we’re steamin’ to the Med. “I’ll take that bet and ......

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Categories: forecastle, humor, military, sea,
Form: ABC



Ship and Crew
...all ships need crew forecastle chain gang flight deck airdales deckapes backbone mess decks feed crew captain in charge......

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Categories: forecastle, work,
Form: Footle
As I Lay
.... In the forecastle I lay Mine vision as I lay true is you as if us in a castle......

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Categories: forecastle, fantasy, love,
Form: Free verse

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