bend o' the gunnel
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that's the skull and
well
one bone
me lady
never yer mind wench
over th...
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Categories:
gunnel, adventure, allegory, passion,
Form: Epyllion
Dragonfly Afloat on the Lake
...Dragonfly Afloat on the Lake
A dragonfly afloat on the lake
Flaps its wings to keep from drowning.
With its life in the balance, it senses hope
And boards the paddle I nudge into place.
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Categories:
gunnel, flying, insect, nature, perspective,
Form: Sonnet
His Majesty's Ship Invictus
...Patrolling this part of ocean
we met French vessel of line.
The white streak neath gunnel
showed us a many gun ship,
a very dangerous
lady of war
We beat fast before a strong wind.
Our gun p...
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Categories:
gunnel, war,
Form: Free verse
Hell's Gate
...The barometer was falling fast,
and the winds were pickin' up.
We secured the lifelines along the gunnel
and shortened sail for comin' tack.
Seas were runnin' high with great swells,
and hatches...
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Categories:
gunnel, england,
Form: Rhyme
Under the Radar
...so you want a story from your old Capt MIke
well let me dig'z in me pocket for sum-pim ya like
I had needed more money for me to dip-in
so I got a new boat for illegal shrimp-in
a 300 yammaha...
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Categories:
gunnel, funnyme, old, boat, me,
Form: Rhyme
Pissing In the Wind
...the ocean's my play ground
and pretty days there I be found
I come from the land of pirates and drug runners
but now days I thinks fishin is funner
6 days off shore, my vision a tunnel
while a...
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Categories:
gunnel, funnyme, fish, me, drug,
Form: Rhyme