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Musket Poems - Poems about Musket


Canonfire
Canonball by Pearcemelville Canonball tearing throughtimbertthick planks Canonball rips thrufleshthroughout theotherside a hole;: canonfire CANONBALL! Fszzt fzt Water wave Cutlass STrikes Daggers dag Flintlock singles out assassination Pirate swing from boomrope Young Naval Guards stand firm BooM!! Canonfire BooM! Pirate ship Due Archipelago Naval...

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Categories: musket, adventure, appreciation, conflict, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Large Caliber Clumsy Cumbersome Musket
musket predecessor to the rifle named for mousquette or sparrow hawk smoothbore long-barreled firearm cumbersome, heavy to lift musket used by infantrymen during the War Between the States Sometimes referred to as the Civil War Or Sherman and Lee's war musket heavy to lift, large-caliber, clumsy, muzzle loading shoulder gun musket...

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Categories: musket, war,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member One Shot
****************** The duel was fought. One gun shot, one did not. It's done. ******************...

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Categories: musket, loss,
Form: Than-Bauk
Premium Member Neighbor Is a Pirate
My neighbor is a pirate of fame Who sailed and pillaged from Maine to Spain I once heard his old parrot mimic Phrases common to a pirate’s gimmick. I saw his long broadsword and musket Looking quite time-worn, used and rustic. He has a plumed hat, spy glass, boot scraps, Black eye patch, peg leg and treasure maps. My...

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Categories: musket, imagination,
Form: Couplet
My Musket
Some say I’m rather rustic To carry round a musket I Fire it at Blue **** Police ask me for a permit My paper work's legit But they still say I’m unfit I say that’s complete bulls**t They throw me on the pavement So I pretend to throw a fit And twist a little bit I escape and run for it And make it with my...

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Categories: musket, funny, humor,
Form: Quatrain




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