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Tankship Poems - Poems about Tankship


Egon Hedin the cook

...Egon Hedin the cook
When I joined the ship as a second cook I had trained as a baker, on a tank ship with forty crews, one, who could bake a passable loaf was needed
The cook’s name was Egon Hedin,...
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Categories: tankship, anti bullying, beautiful, confidence,
Form: ABC

Initiation

...The Initiation 

It is not easy to be young at 16 I was a galley boy
on a tankship that even then 60 years ago was ancient
crewed by old mariners who spent their free time
playing cards and talk...
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Categories: tankship, absence, age, anniversary, art,
Form: Bio



Initiation

...The Initiation 

It is not easy to be young at 16 I was a galley boy
on a tankship that even then 60 years ago was ancient
crewed by old mariners who spent their free time
playing cards and talk...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: tankship, character, childhood, cinderella, community,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry