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Gunwales Poems - Poems about Gunwales

Autobiography of John Sidney McCain III, Sometime Senator of Arizona

...1. To Fly
My father was an admiral, and so
I joined the Navy. Back in fifty-eight
to be a pilot seemed the way to go:
ship-sailors were committed to a crate.
Scrub decks? Paint rusting gunwales?...

Categories: gunwales, life,
Form: Rhyme

Fourth Watch

...Now far offshore and beaten by the waves,
into the wind, they pulled to no effect.
The choppy seas, enough to quell the brave,
lept o’er the gunwales, merciless, unchecked.

He came to them, the...

Categories: gunwales, faith, fear,
Form: Sonnet

Voyage

...A Tale of the sea.

Moonlight like little diamonds floating
upon a midnight cold sea
whale song eerily in the distance calls
the little ship sailing on the wind
taking those within to a secret ...

Categories: gunwales, death, farewell, lost, ocean,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Run a Windward Spray

...Chase the breakers out of the harbour
before the customs boat appears.
Strike the sails and tack to larboard 
then comes the old familiar fear.
Will they run us, or will they gun us?
Damn these ...

Categories: gunwales, sea,
Form: Rhyme

Leaving Harbor

...The hustle and the bustle of the port is all around
The shouting of the merchants quoting prices by the pound 
The throwing of supplies over gunwales is all but done
The time has come for us to le...

Categories: gunwales, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme

to heal a vacant heaven -

...
the gods …

awoke early that day
for the sun had swallowed the moon
and left a ragged, gaping wound in the sky …
it bled darkness like cold oil
threatening to stain
all that they had lab...

Categories: gunwales, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

Odyssey From Africa - Stargazing 1

...King Ptolemy the Second (cont.)

Sleek of line for speedy sailing 
It was rugged in construction 
Several layers of well cured timber
Lined the hull and bridge and gunwales 
 
There were four ...

Categories: gunwales, adventure, africa, history, mythology,
Form: Narrative

Odyssey From Africa 13b

...Ch. 13 b (The whale, cont.)

Now the sardine hunt developed 
As they glimpsed beneath the surface 
Flashing rays of gold and silver
Of the dolphins and the swordfish 
 
That converged with blu...

Categories: gunwales, adventure, africa, courage, endurance,
Form: Narrative

Odyssey From Africa 11e

...Odyssey from Africa, Chapter 11e, The Island Kingdom (continued)

Matto, Lisa and their parents 
Contemplated now a journey 
On the ocean that was longer 
Far than any in their memory 

One wh...

Categories: gunwales, adventure, africa, history, mythology,
Form: Narrative

Odyssey From Africa 11d

...Odyssey from Africa, Chapter 11 (d) cont...

Thus the boarding of the parties 
Was a speedy operation 
Very soon the whole flotilla
Sailed toward the open ocean

This wide bay from which the s...

Categories: gunwales, adventure, africa, history, mythology,
Form: Narrative

Odyssey From Africa 11c

...Chapter 11c (The Island Kingdom, continued...)

Every member of the party
Had their fill of roasted sea-flesh
All the dogs and Rosy also 
Wolfed down all that they could swallow 
 
Then they r...

Categories: gunwales, adventure, africa, environment, history,
Form: Narrative

Odyssey From Africa 3a

...CHAPTER 3 The River
 
While they paused to rest a moment 
Han gazed suddenly behind them
To the south a long way distant
Faintly rose a hazy ribbon
 
From the grassland; Han spoke quietly,
"L...

Categories: gunwales, adventure, africa, fantasy, history,
Form: Narrative

The Bus Service

...THE   BUS    SERVICE 



It was a hot affair - intensely. 
Older  bus of the O.K. Company  
Coughed and roared up hills.
No cure for all its ills.
In and out of stuffy tunnels 
Packed like f...

Categories: gunwales,
Form: Couplet