Short Seaman Poems

How can one be a,

Master seaman if the sea,

Is forever calm....

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FisherMAN,

SeaMAN,

Even KINGfisher-

All men-
Angered women made Seamaids!...

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

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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)...

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A seaman  called, "Octopus" Dennis
Was known to the girls  as a menace
A sign from Above
Predicted "True Love"
"But you gotta go out and play tennis!"...

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Today we celebrate 
Sammy the Seaman
who caught enough
to overfill his big net.

It's truly amazing that
he fed every family
from one single catch
which we'll never forget....

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Kayaks

Kailua Beach, sandy shores
keep paddlers at bay view,
kissing turquoise surface,
keenly riding the lips,
knocking on pantomime,
kid like, with seaman dreams, 
kayaking reefs of bay.

3/9/17...

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There once was a seaman named Seymour
Who dived thirty feet down the ocean floor
When he spotted a great white shark 
He swam up to the top like a rocket spark
And left the sea for the mountains of Lenoir


ring size 8.5
azure color...

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Death from above 1953

My uncle
Was seaman
Died in Marseilles
A pig on a balcony
Fell on him.
Mother said
He died at sea
When a mine
Struck his ship.
A likely explanation
That served
His widow well
When telling her
husband was 
a hero....

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Sailor men, bell-bottom dressed,
They know what ladies like the best:
Strong men, with hair upon their chest
And with duration well possessed.

So come ye maidens howe’er you look,
If you can bake or you can cook
Come out ye from your sheltered nook
And do not pleasure overlook....

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Walking along the seashore
Sand sifting through my toes,
Pondering ancient mariner lore
Walking along the seashore,
Scenes my mind can scarce restore
Of sailors and their pirate foes,
Walking along the seashore
Sand sifting through my toes.

Written March 10, 2022...

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a seaman called Pieter the Pirate
talks bla bla bla didn't reacquire it
Dutch corsair, stole gold from Spain
Origin birth Netherlands
Resistance on ship invokes a riot



4/8/19
Pirate Themed Limerick Poetry Contest
Limerick poetry form only 
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin...

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Human Maggots  

If ejaculated semen
From millions of seafarers 
Over hundred years
Think if this floating loneliness
Had met up and formed
An Island
And up from its depth sprung
The unborn like larvae
Whose only contact
With mothers were what
The seaman 
Was dreaming of at the time
Not Atlantis re- emerging 
But an island born out of tedium
And tired desire
Not on a chart
To find its existence
So be careful when dreaming....

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A seaman who lived near Albuquerque
Decided he would salvage a turkey
Hung out at a fowl farm
Not meaning to do harm
But was arrested for being a “lurkey.” 

SECOND PLACE WINNER
Written November 13, 2022
submitted to "A Fun Holiday Limerick" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Tania Kitchin

[11-11-6-6-11 syllables checked by PS syllable counter
The rhymes checked by Rhymezone.com but "lurkey" is
a coined word.]...

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Maggots
  
If ejaculated semen
From millions of seafarers
Over a hundred years.
Think of this floating loneliness
had met up and formed
An Island.
And up from its depth 
Sprung the unborn
Like larvae
Whose only contact 
With mothers
Depended 
On what the seaman
was dreaming at the time.
Not a new Atlantis emerging
But an island 
Of tedium
And tired desire.
Not on a chart
To see its existence
So, be careful when dreaming....

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by saint schack or saint creep

Golly Gee, shoot I'm mad
Golly Gee shoot I'm mad.

I feel sad
I fell sad
I try  I try
I cry I cry
Why?Why?Why?

C'mon guys
C'mon guys
Dang Dang de doodly. How screwy.
Dang Dang de doodly. How screwy.
Damn. Damn. Damn. 

Damn that Dan.
Damn that Dan.

I wish I may. I wish might.
I wish I may. I wish might.
Oh well, Oh well. 
Gee guys this isn't too swell.
Ah hell! Ah hell!

I guess it's just as well....

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The Date. 
Sat in a pub talking to a woman of no substance
other then she wore a skirt and had boobs.
Pub closed, I was allowed
to follow her home 
through dreary streets
fine rain and yellow street light.
I kissed her dry, bloodless lips
We parted.
Walking back to the seaman´s hotel
she stood by a bombed out church and had damp hair.
This it too absurd
again I was a place I didn´t  want to be.
Money changed hand 
and my loneliness laughed hysterically...

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The Date.
Sat in a pub talking to a woman of no substance
other than she wore a skirt and had boobs.
Pub closed, I was allowed
to follow her home
through dreary streets
fine rain and yellow street light.
I kissed her dry, bloodless lips
We parted.
Walking back to the seaman´s hotel.
She stood by a bombed-out church and had damp hair.
This is too absurd
again; I was at a place I didn´t want to be.
Money changed hands.
My loneliness laughed hysterically. ...

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To The Forgotten

Military history is written by the victors.
Generals and politicians who stamp
their names on the pages of books
written by men and women in ivory towers.

It is actually made by the common:
legionnaire, dog face, doughboy, airman,
seaman and marine. Most names unknown
to those that write the histories.

But every name a known part of a life story
to a mother, father, spouse or child who’ve
watched their loved ones go off to help
someone else make history.
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