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Shanties Poems - Poems about Shanties

Stormy Seas
...Serene sunset, star studded sky, seamen setting sail, Sixteen salty sailors, surveying southern seas, Singing somewhat spicily, saucy sea shanties. Sea sirens serenading, seductively s......

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Categories: shanties, sea, song, storm,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member white water surfers
...Collective Senryu Dolphin Pod white water surfers dolphin pod squeals sea shanties ~ gymnasts of the sea......

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Categories: shanties, animal, ocean,
Form: Senryu



Premium Member The Enchanted City of Dual Realms
...The Enchanted City of Dual Realms In the sprawling labyrinth of concrete towers and spectral glass, where skyscrapers, like ancient obelisks, pierce the celestial veil with unyielding ambition, se......

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Categories: shanties, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Gold and dust
...In the maze of concrete and glass, where tall buildings reach the sky, rivers of money flow, but only to the chosen few. Below, a shadowy city exists, filled with hard work and grime, where d......

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Categories: shanties, society,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Destination Never Reached
...Walking, walking, walking! Impossibly long stretches of walk, Miles and miles of uncertain journey, In blazing sun, in sweltering heat, Tranquil villages with shady trees, Home, the destination......

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Categories: shanties, death, sad,
Form: Free verse



The poor bricks workers
...I beheld them on the hottest summer of May, Are they bonded labours who lived in shanties?, Yes,they were the pitiless kiln proprietor's prey , And they were f......

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Categories: shanties, 10th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Jonah
...Man o' mine, bravest o’ sailors, singing sea shanties with death, he wades through icy glaciers, o’ the frostiest breath. Cling to vein and steady this vessel, doldrum this destine my love, J......

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Categories: shanties, death, extended metaphor, introspection,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Llareggub
...I live in Arrubluc by the sea much like the fabled Llareggub made famous by Dylan Thomas in the radio play 'Under Milk Wood'. The land meets the sea here as well, but it's a beachside town, besi......

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Categories: shanties, beach, poetry, poets, sound,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Parents Methods
...Parents methods, a question asked Mothers rule one, questions, answers forthcoming Fathers think they are kings of the family domain As said previously see rule one if ever questioned Mothers wat......

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Categories: shanties, absence, family, father son,
Form: Free verse
Wave of Fantasy
...Let’s sail away to Acapella, A celebrity haunt owned by Penn and Teller. I shall act as your prince, you’ll be Cinderella When we’re sat on a beach in Acapella. It’s not as sexy as Cannes or as......

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Categories: shanties, celebrity, fantasy, guitar, imagination,
Form: Narrative
Remembering Who We Are
...REMEMBERING WHO WE ARE Spiralled rainbows ! burnished tapestries of trials Birth, love, death ripen Winds of Change for our country’s call Battles in a corner buried, we haul storms or it’s......

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Categories: shanties, africa, courage, emotions, endurance,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Capn Jordan Found His Gold
...Cap’n Jordan was a scallywag from his nose to his toes. He was determined to follow the gold through rumors galore. Trusty companion tried to follow him, his name was Mose. But Cap’n Jordan came j......

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Categories: shanties, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wonders of Nature
...A beach or beaches, so many to explore, Ocean or sea or bay are viewed, some never seen before Familiar rocks, lighthouses erected to save lives Seagulls activity, their sounds and out of control ......

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Categories: shanties, beach, ocean,
Form: Free verse
A Bad Decision
...I’ll take you back, to the old dark times, To try and paint you a picture. A tale of a man, just sixteen years old, Who had a bit too much liquor. 1706, is the year we shall set, As the youn......

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Categories: shanties, history, jobs, life,
Form: Rhyme
New World, New System
...A new world, A new home for all, Everyone on equal footing, Even distribution of resources, None needs necessities, I’m not held by the pangs of hunger, My brother doesn’t dwell in shanties, T......

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Categories: shanties, change, earth, humanity,
Form: Free verse

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