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Merchant Marine Poems - Poems about Merchant Marine

Paramaribo

...In Paramaribo

I met a girl, half Indian and beautiful
there was a big church and a castle
to defend Dutch interest
A hot and swampy place, which I liked
coming from Norway, a cold country
wit...

Categories: merchant marine, 3rd grade, beautiful, birth,
Form: Free verse

bumblebee

...The Bumblebee 

He grew up in a poor household, thought
sofa-beds were the norm, but his mother
an eager reader had many books that were
given and sometimes stolen, often from 
those who though...

Categories: merchant marine, adventure, allegory, allusion, beach,
Form: Blank verse

Qantas and the Bully Beef Bombers

...When the Second World War began 
QANTAS aircraft were part of the RAAF plan
Two Empire Flying Boats were taken with their crews
To form part of the defence of Australia too

These planes were pa...

Categories: merchant marine, remember, war,
Form: Ballad

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Big Green Fence

...The Big Green Fence

Life carried on 
behind the big green fence.
It seemed negativity 
could not penetrate 
the faded paint outside.
Depression, wars, lost their sting 
once one crossed that...

Categories: merchant marine, how i feel,
Form: Free verse

At Dunkirk

...At
Dunkirk,
where thousands
of stranded men
lined a bloody beach,
hope was draining with each
air strike delivered by the
unrelenting Germans’ aircraft.
Cold, starved, and injured men...

Categories: merchant marine, courage, world war ii,
Form: Etheree

Recalling My Dad

...My father and I in a long time past
played cards at the table and he would pause
to tell me a tale when he was young
as he did so many times before
but the stories would change
as he would rearr...

Categories: merchant marine, father,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Roy

...A Merchant Marine
At fifteen, he went to sea
A way to begin

Harsh Realities
Learning to be a real man
Life was on the run

Scrapes and falls and bumps
Toughening the young fledgling
Losing...

Categories: merchant marine, caregiving
Form: Haiku

The Last Good War

...It has been said that World War Two was the last "good" war,
This, despite expenditure of life, treasure and the ruthless gore.
How can it be said than any war is "good" when nations suffer so,
Wh...

Categories: merchant marine, warwar, fear, war,
Form: Rhyme