Not Squared Away
...Photo by US Navy WestPack Album—Gorelick 2nd top right
“Not Squared-Away”
Crawling and sliding through slimy debris
Knees scraped raw on the gritty ...
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Categories:
shellbacks, devotion, humor, military,
Form: Narrative
At Sea
...Deep within the golden hue of varnished cockpit,
we sat, stood, and knelt
for twenty four days,
supported by the salt of the deep sapphire Pacific.
The bright white billowy sails
became the wing...
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Categories:
shellbacks, adventure, change,
Form: Free verse
From Whence We Came
...We're going back from whence we came
Answering her ancient call
It's almost as if she whispers our name
That she knows and owns us all
Salt in the blood still proves the link
Urging hearts to so...
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Categories:
shellbacks, ocean, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Whaling In 1844
...WHALING IN 1844
All hands came aboard
In March we left Deptford
Bound for Greenland’s whales and
Rather it was Wales’s green land.
The lookout on the mainmast tied
Saw her ...
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Categories:
shellbacks, men, men,
Form: Couplet