Father Sailor Poems

The sailor goes ashore.

the night in the hallway paled into a yellowish screen
showing a black movie, 1963
A time machine of memories sent him back to...

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My dad loved sailing. He sailed so many times with mum before my siblings and I were born. Paternity didn’t slow him down. He still...

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A man from the "Land of the Midnight Sun,"
Where the fjords rose and the sky danced around.
He set sail on a ship at sea,
While a...

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Swesish Saga

Gerda left Sweden with an odd liking for turnips.
She claimed hard labor ruined her hands.
She hated her father.
Fritchof walked like an ex-sailor.
He had a...

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Ever since the creation of boats
Man was inspired by the Arc of Noah

The sailor started his journey at sea
To explore the ocean in various embarkations

Requiring...

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Some Solemn Sailor

Some solemn sailor was born and bred,
And no one on him did he want to tread;
He had fighting spirit both day and night,
On...

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That was our Father, the sailor in white 
who traveled across the seas in sunset delight.
The salt and summer heat always kept him away
from where...

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There once was a sailor named Popeye
He got through the navy with one eye
Wherever he sailed 
The dames would all hail
They knew Popeye was not...

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~ (~) Sailor-Johnny-his wife Little-Lilly I know them, (you'll want to too) his Father gave him 
two-fold full-buckets of-gold-for his-prize. He sailed-his butt-strait-away right home-to-bring-it-
to-her......

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