Mainsail Poems - Poems about Mainsail

...'Twas dawn and all the sky blazed red. The tell-tales snapped like waving flags. The keening wind was full of dread; all surplus sails were stowed in bags. Though somewhere on the restless mai......

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... I was … awake … in the crow’s nest but doing all I could to not nod off we had been through storms that day and all the previous night (such was the North Bering) so not a soul had slept ......

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...You’ll be a man tomorrow, child, yes, If you respect animals and pristine nature, If you don’t kill elephants for ivory, If you don’t kill the whales for soap, You’ll be a man if you can stop t......

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...Eyes of light beams pierce ocean air as Neptune rests within his lair. Sentinels hand-made of stone, that keepers used to call their home; guide travelers, sailors on their way a lovely sight......

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...The trip was a riot of color, It brings a myriad of queries, Fantastic tales of utter darkness, Views' visible roots were explored. Mainsail surges, pungent froth carried wave tip......

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...We meandered along the cays in June Our blistered feet untoughened, White with ooze and sand Caring the least for nothing Save taut sail and steady breeze And good news from home. Cap steered ......

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...What gets possibly gained from poetic encounters? A friendship sets sail though mast’s shadows can’t merge more than sheets in the wind that two sailors might set in defiance of oceans, whose trem......

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...Raising thoughts and emotion, the mainsail was set Heading into the wind of tomorrow unmet All stays are in place, with tiller held fast Reaching for glory —the doldrums have passed (......

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...Britain sets sail to find a deal. A lengthy voyage now starts. The captain plots the way ahead with complex EU charts from the Maritime Directive in all its ninety parts. Oh what a frightful ......

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...Let us make ready and set sail This mighty frigate will prevail We will see what we will see Mother Sea is calling me The Mainsail, Lanteen and Jib are set First Mate, Boatswain and crew are t......

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...Sails flick while chattering To the wind deciding How to best throw itself Into its arms. Port rocks to starboard And back again While I'm throwing my insides Over the rail into the sea. ......

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...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......

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...Hoist the Jolly Roger atop the mainsail we're heading for Bermuda with the wind on our tail.......

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...Cast off the mooring ropes at bow and stern Head out into the early morning mist Hoist the big mainsail, free the jib, and turn Feeling the filling canvas make her list The venerable di......

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...My love on the surf I can’t stop the wave Of two hearts in a crush Earth and fire in a splash Sunset in her eyes Sparkling love rays In the arms of a sea breeze Blowing her wildest dreams ......

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