The Ballad of Daphne and Jack, a Romance of the High Seas
...Listen, my dears, and I'll tell you a tale
Of a princess, a pirate, and glory.
There's a shipwreck, a rescue,
A romance, a ransom,
And a handicapped whale in the story.
There once was a prince...
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Categories:
merchant vessels, adventure, humor, princess, romance,
Form: Light Verse
They Got the Ship Free
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The whole world considers the Suez Canal passe-partout.
Every day, numerous ships routinely pass through.
A big ship called the "Ever Given" blocked the passageway.
For a while, it looke...
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Categories:
merchant vessels, business, sea,
Form: Rhyme
The Black Pearl Poem - Booty Returned
...Like many merchant vessels
That sailed from our Mersey shore
This sturdy piece of timber
Can hold its own in tales of yore
A dried up piece of flotsam
Washed up on Wirral banks
Was dutifully ...
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Categories:
merchant vessels, adventure, boat, celebration, community,
Form: Ballad
Somali Pirates
...Somali Pirates prowl the Gulf of Aden
For merchant vessels with cargo laden
From the tenement rows of Puntland
Poor fishermen, ex-militia turned brigand
Now pledge fealty to the lucrative capitalist ...
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Categories:
merchant vessels, adventure,
Form: Rhyme
The Cruel Sea
...Pounding seas, wind tossed spray
Cold North wind, blowing night and day
The ice gripping men in disarray
The convoy ploughing onward
The merchant vessels, shadows in mist,
Weave and wind, wend...
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Categories:
merchant vessels, adventure, sea, warmen, men,
Form: I do not know?