Short Sailor Poems

Short Sailor Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Sailor by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Sailor by length and keyword.


Sunken Sailor

Tie one on
Yesterday I went to port
Today I'm going to court
I'm just a sad sailor
And I'm in jail
That's all I know
© Jim Bowron  Create an image from this poem.


Just a Thought

Thinker,
failure,
soldier,
sailor,
airman,
dead man,
grief.
Politician,
preacher,
blind man,
teacher,
banker,
usurer,
thief.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Inner Guidance

plunging into void fearless sailor does set sail lighthouse beacon guides 01-September-2021
Form: Haiku

Tossed At Sea

Seamen of HMS Dribble
Take Sundays off just to quibble
They all enjoy
The Cabin boy
But which of them gets "First Nibble"?
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Sheepish Smile

That sheepish smile
disarming a gruff poet
coyly offer hope

my Bridgewater seraphim
kick back wine like a sailor

 for K.C.
Form: Tanka


Premium Member Popeye The Sailor Man

Popeye the Sailor Man
sure could pop spinach out of a can.
Strength and pep he would gain.
Might we say spinach was his cocaine?
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Rich Man, Poor Man

Rich Man, Poor Man,
Beggar Man, Thief.

A Soldier, Sailor,
And a Tinkering Taylor.

All shelter me
From this intolerable grief.
Form: Ballad

Premium Member Rich Man Poor Man

Rich Man, Poor Man,
Beggar Man, Thief.

A Soldier, Sailor,
And a Tinkering Taylor.

All shelter me
From this intolerable grief.

The Ocean Foam

The Ocean Foam

Wayfaring sailor.
When mother and seas are one,
The ocean's foam cries.

©  Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
    1/ 5/ 2008
Form: Haiku

Guardian of the Deep

The blue Sea’s waves overwhelm
Seasoned Sailor at the Helm
Sharp teeth in the deep
Rough seas secrets keep
Demon guards his murky realm
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Of Love and Nicknames

perky pink, sailor girl and road runner - poetic protagonists

10/4/2020
Contest: How My First Poem Was Born
Sponsor: JCB Burl
Form: Monoku

An Angel

An angel of light...
treacherous, misty landscape
awaits the sailor.



For the "What My Eyes See" contest sponsored by Annalise Brigham
© George Aul  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Another Sailor's Tail Tale

They paddled till we reached the shore
Where I set them free to explore
Then back to the sea
This sailor did flee
They’ll not paddle me anymore
Form: Limerick

Another Sailor's Tail Tale

They paddled till we reached the shore
Where I set them free to explore
Then back to the sea
This sailor did flee
They’ll not paddle me anymore
Form: Limerick

That's Life

He really wanted to be
The first seaman
Chosen for the new ship,
But he had to be content
To be the fifth picked.
C'est la vie.
(Sailor V)

Premium Member Stitches

my shoe shot into the air like fireworks — polished black my sailor-sock in shock Japanese sailors in stitches 3/6/2020

Sailor

He sails to distance shores unknown,
Ready always to defend our home,
Fighting together  or charging alone,
Winning the battle for our very own..
war

White Swan Chords

Under  "white swan" chords,
   disconsolate sailor cries,
    copious salt tears ...!






Ps, white swan, official anthem of
Brazil's navy
Form: Haiku

Paisley Skin

A sailor profusely tattooed
Enjoyed being secretly lewd;
    He took off his clothes
    Whenever he chose,
And looked not the slightest bit nude.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Sailor Come Home


          Ship’s mast
          at last.  

Home is the sailor; home from the sea …
                        ~Robert Louis Stevenson
Form: Footle

Premium Member Took a Mummy To School Today

I took a mummy to school today
She promised to keep her mouth shut, okay?
Cussed like a sailor
Ticked off Miss Caylor
Now I hate this mummy in every way!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member An Amoeba's Song

A brave sailor who sails the high sea
will aim knowing his aft from his lee,
but Brownian motion,
that fabulous notion,
works well for an amoeba like me.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Style Revisited

I prefer inexplicable to unexplainable
alienated to lonely
groove to style
grin to smile
gargantuan to simply super...

But then, I cuss like a sailor, so deal.

Premium Member give me a sailor suit

Give me a sailor suit and a black hat
Please let me call Captain Nemo “cap”
This is the Nautalis and that is that
Twenty thousand leagues, then we’ll take a nap.
Form: Rhyme

Lonely Sailors

Lonely in the morning
Sailors take warning, 
Lonely in the night
Sailors delight.

Now if a sailor anyhow encourage,
They can stay there with complete courage.
Form: Couplet

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