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Merchant Marine Poems - Poems about Merchant Marine

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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......Read the rest...

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......Read the rest...

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

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......Read the rest...

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......Read the rest...

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......Read the rest...

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......Read the rest...

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......Read the rest...

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