Jack Tar Poems - Poems about Jack Tar

...I was a good Buddhist jack tar, Confident to sail this ocean of time alone, All desire renounced and stowed away Like smuggled cargo I pretend is legal trade. I was well-practiced in the art of n......Read the rest...

...I was born in a landlocked getaway town Where all the colors were black, gray, or brown. Jobs at the steel mill were ratcheting down. It was not in my future to stay. So, I took a long walk off......Read the rest...

...OFF TO GET MY OARS OUT I am just a roving Jack Tar sailor, I have roamed the seven seasBut; I would get about much qu......Read the rest...

...The Mariner Crystal tears falling down my cheeks Behind the curtain face peeks My skin so pale with broken lips Wait for jack-tar and daily trips The mariner stood so great he is My soul is j......Read the rest...

... Were the dolphins the Mermaids of ancient times? Along with whales were they guilty of heinous crimes? Jolly Jack Tar, out sailing distant, tropical oceans, Did they succumb to their mis......Read the rest...

...Deep ocean of azure blue Overhead seagulls circling flew In constant motion, heaving sides The old merchant ship upon it rides Rust scorched it's barnacled coat Salt encrusted railings......Read the rest...

...It was captain Macfarty the head of the party Commander of ship and of crew Who ordered “set sail” in pursuit of the whale That was known as Kahuna Kalloo It was huge it was quick and its scent m......Read the rest...

...And you will know me by the trail of dead, the whistle of wind in cutthroat pipes, the jolly japes and spring heeled capers in the sepia pulp of the Sunday papers and in all the Jack Tar bilge in......Read the rest...