Gangway Poems - Poems about Gangway

...A story I read about war and good luck charms….. The Good luck charm Standing on the dock in front of the troop ship His mother hugged him and fussed about Straightening his hat and brushing hi......Read the rest...

...Total estimated casualties, including civilians and Taliban 171,000 to 174,000 all in the cause of a very dubious war, returning Afghanistan to what it was 20 years before, and abandoning some of tho......Read the rest...

...Haiti is a basket case. They marched him down the gangway by the feared Tonton Macoute, armed men dressed in Hawaii shirts and slacks, partly concealing their guns The young thief shivered, I ......Read the rest...

...First sighting It was an early summer morning when my best friend Edwin threw pebbles on my window to wake me up I like morning slumber, waking up at six, looking at the alarm the clock on the......Read the rest...

...A story of love Eva Braun was a Greenland seal who lived in an aquarium Herr Hitler liked animals; dogs adored him. in childhood, his call for love denied him his dream was sitting by the fires......Read the rest...

...Deluge of valleys into lakes and seas caused chaos as Noah and sons observe man, plants and animals losing their ease. God whose truth and justice struck a raw nerve, when the mighty flood took ......Read the rest...

...We set sail as Reggae music played out on the Lido. Our first night was casual; no need for tuxedo. We could eat a pizza by the Windows On the Sea or go beneath and dine on shrimp and meet the mai......Read the rest...

...The ancient regime I was in Shanghai once during the cultural revolution everyone mostly young people wore the same grey clothes half military cut, not a colour in sight except for the flag. ......Read the rest...

...Early rising, toddlers sleeping, got to get them out of bed. Shake them gently,tired eyes peeping, dress them quickly, get them fed. Bags are packed, time is tight, got to make the airport run. ......Read the rest...

...ALWAYS CHECK YOUR TANK Johnny Smiths gang had just robbed the town bank With gang members scar face Mike, and old Hank Their getaway car Wasnt going far Cos Hank forget to put gas in ......Read the rest...

...PRELUDE There has always been animosity between Greece and Turkey as far back in history as we wish to go. Greece was occupied by the Turks during the Middle-Ages for almost 500 years. My ancestor......Read the rest...

...Agoraphobia Voyaging from Cuba to South Korea across the Pacific takes about three weeks on an old freighter, but we knew it had a beginning and an ending. We have been held up in our flat for t......Read the rest...

...Writing my own ticket… a coupon from the past The numbers all decoded, my gate approaching fast Walking down the gangway, my seat by fortune cast The pilot sitting next to me —the flight......Read the rest...

...This is for all you trampled and forgotten freezing in a hell not of your making inching your way up the ethereal gangway jockeying for rank and recognition among the heavens the aristocracy the......Read the rest...

...broken mirror The ship has gone sailed without me, alone in a hotel room I sweat and try to stop my hands from trembling; where are all my friends that drank with me in the bar. They fir......Read the rest...