Riverboat Poems - Poems about Riverboat

She sails where the bayou kisses the tide, a phantom queen with a mournful glide. The paddle churns, though no hands steer, and jazz floats faint on a breeze unclear. Her lanterns burn with a ghostly hue, casting gold on waters black and blue. No passengers board, no voices ring-- just whispers soft as a violin string. The captain’s hat is dust and...

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Riverboat on the Mississippi Folks dining on scrimp, grits, and cornbread Drinking booze and gambling like crazy Going to Bourbon Street just ahead Down in that Cajun Queen, New Orleans The big paddle wheel keeps on rolling Down to the Cajun Queen of the Gulf Where the real money is unfolding And a thousand green bucks is small stuff Down in that Cajun Queen,...

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glare eye to eye gin ship lie stuck spent idle lost 11/25/20202 Than-Bauk Me Poetry Contest Sponsored by: charles messina A Than-Bauk poem consists of 3 lines. Each line consists of 4 syllables. The last syllable of the 1st line, The 3rd syllable of the second line And the 2nd syllable of the third line....

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...The two men confirmed Fred went for his gun, and the captain just let the whole thing be, Lyle got up and walked out to the deck, in the fresh air he felt able to breath. He paced up to the churning paddle-wheel, then he learned himself up against the rail, he pulled something from a waistcoat pocket, it was a letter,...

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Lyle Cosgrove had worked the Silver Queen for two years now, ever since he had left family drama back in Ohio, he had simply left his home and moved west. He made a living as a gambler, had spent months working riverfront saloons, his straight plan had impressed a captain ashore, now he worked the steamship’s casino room. The money was good and...

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He plied the Mississippi River on the paddle wheeler 'Dandy Dame'. Gamblin' was his profession and three-card monte was his game. He became very creative at palmin' that elusive ace of spades. Such dexterity and sleight of hand he had practiced for decades! He embarked in Saint Louis for a cruise to the town of New Orleans. On his arm...

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