Shanties Poems - Poems about Shanties

...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......Read the rest...

...I turn back and the light’s glow is neither day or night, And the lilting summer waves gently caress the shore. Worn black rocks, stand as ageless and silent sentinels, And a trawler’s dies......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...The Whaling City Like many working cities, from time long past, This place too, captured a man’s hearts and mind, And so, they came, tired, drawn, weary, seekers, Castaways and drifters see......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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 ......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...Breezes are whispering through the tow’ring pines Sounds like the mountains are crooning a lullaby Reminds me of the steam engine’s lonely whines When the verdant valley echoes its som......Read the rest...

...Nine years a stranger in a strange land travelling to my island in the sun. A native son returning a native strand where the journey had all begun And I by the grace ......Read the rest...

...*Image of People of the Dawn by Pixabay. Instruments of Mercy Amidst the wailing whiplashed 'neath a moonlit plight, Against the cowered beast of demons gnashing white, Angst me......Read the rest...