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Shore Leave
Shore Leave Poems - Poems about Shore Leave
shore leave
...A boy and shore leave The 15 years old boy was standing on the poop deck of an old tank ship late at night, looking up at the millions of stars over The Red Sea. His job was to clean pots an......
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Jan Hansen
Categories:
shore leave,
abuse, anxiety, child abuse,
Form:
Free verse
A Boy Goes Ashore
...A boy and shore leave The 15 years old boy was standing on the poop deck of an old tank ship late at night looking up to the millions of stars over The Red Sea. His job was to clean pots and pan......
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Jan Hansen
Categories:
shore leave,
absence, abuse, blessing, confidence,
Form:
Blank verse
Shore Leave
...shore leave The ship, in the bay, had a load of grain from the fertile soil of Ukraine, loaded in Odesa, and sent on its way across the Black Sea. In the Dardanelles, a stop for inspections to......
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Jan Hansen
Categories:
shore leave,
best friend, deep, heartbroken,
Form:
Blank verse
The Book of Kings - 1 Kings 16:31-33
...Ahab needed shore leave, And obsessed so on his dream, Harpooning some sweet harlot Had become his major theme. He was just a novice mariner, His first time far from home. He’d made his maid......
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Michael Kalavik
Categories:
shore leave,
allegory, bible, humor, literature,
Form:
Light Verse
The Lotus Eaters
...Those over 50's holidays that they advertise on TV must really do people a power of good, at least that's how it seems to me. Their smiles are all truly dazzling, soft-focus smooth is their skin......
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Viv Wigley
Categories:
shore leave,
age, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
To Boldly Go
...My training at Starfleet was over, they were now deploying me I was over the moon when they called; I was full of glee I entered the transporter room where I'd dematerialize And within seconds......
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Tom Cunningham
Categories:
shore leave,
science fiction, space,
Form:
Rhyme
Old Sailor
...OLD SAILOR The old sailor sat on a sea wall Watching heaving swell of dancing waves Crowned with foam of swirling white Hearing shrill cries of seagulls. ......
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Colin Jeffery
Categories:
shore leave,
memory, sea,
Form:
Free verse
Shore Leave
...Shore Leave As I sink my toes deeply into the warm sand I hold ever closer her warm moist delicate fingertips into my hand I hear the thunderous roar of the ocean as it thrusts itself onto t......
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Laughing Cougar
Categories:
shore leave,
i love you, longing,
Form:
Romanticism
When the Boat Comes In 2
...Sinbad and Columbus nautical Miles from home Their flotilla of frigates Sea sailed flags, flown Compulsorily becalmed Roped to steadfast bollards Wharf bound Red, green marine, sea blue scene Mar......
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Gary Bovett
Categories:
shore leave,
world,
Form:
Verse
Legend of the Black Dove - Part 7
...Legend Of The Black Dove (Part 7) "Civil Unrest" As the ship's mast starts to fall Norrington with his amazing speed leaps at the pirate captain knocking him to the ......
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John Ginesi
Categories:
shore leave,
adventure,
Form:
Narrative
Sunset Somewhere
...Swept away in a spaceship with a Captain Dylan Hunt, by name. He looks just like Kevin Sorbo of television's "Hercules" fame. I'm not sure which is more shocking, this galaxy quest or the hunk......
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©
Francine Roberts
Categories:
shore leave,
adventure, fantasy, science fiction,
Form:
Rhyme