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U Boat Poems - Poems about U Boat

Premium Member Gott im Himmel
...The U-boat captain walked into a shop He bought a submariner’s periskop One day he ran aground Watching birds fly around “Gott im Himmel, das is ein teleskop!”......

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Categories: u boat, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Senses
...senses it is about now knowing what you know except in certain circumstances when fractures appear; when the past and the future merge. The authorities were looking for a sunken U-boat using un......

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Categories: u boat, confidence, corruption, devotion,
Form: Blank verse



The Commander
...the commander Going on board my ship, a balmy night in Gibraltar I noticed four old warships (hunter class) tied up together on a deserted pier as waiting for the final verdict, to be turned in......

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Categories: u boat, angst, best friend, history,
Form: Sonnet
War Mechanic
...War came. How could it not? Bringing many things especially death. They wanted to knock Turkey out of the war. One ally less for Germany. Many events happened. Some were firsts. All included death.......

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Categories: u boat, conflict, military, tribute, war,
Form: Free verse
Fishing With Dynamite
...Fishing with Dynamite Boom! goes the dynamite as we fish for fish No line, net or hook needed Just a few sticks of dynamite and a Zippo Light the stick and toss it in Wait a few seconds and Boom......

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Categories: u boat, adventure, fishing, satire,
Form: Free verse



The Seeker
...The Seeker “Go silent go Deep” a title of a film he saw of Curd Jürgen an actor who got manly roles and looked good in Nazi uniform, but somehow was a hero who did the right things. Alone in ......

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Categories: u boat, absence, age, angst, betrayal,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member A Wartime Childhood
...I was seven years old when began World War Two And eleven became by the time it was through. I have vague recollections of things when that small, But events during wartime I clearly recall. Si......

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Categories: u boat, america, history, patriotic, soldier,
Form: Rhyme
On a Sunny Day
...On a sunny day, you can see forever The U-boat that cast anchor on the silky shore of Albufeira, the crew was dressed in German world war two uniforms, and bathers thought they were actors in a ......

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Categories: u boat, absence, angst, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Blank verse
The Eternal Patrol
...The U-boat left the mouth of the French harbour Under cover of darkness for these German Navy martyrs To the North Atlantic they went to sink Allied shipping their bent Their plan was to cut Brita......

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Categories: u boat, war, world war ii,
Form: Ballad
Confused Loyalty
...Confused loyalty 1940 German occupation British planes On the night sky To find the U. boat base They didn`t But dropped their bombs anyway Puny bombs Burning buildings Dead civilians ......

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Categories: u boat, autumn, eve, fantasy, father
Form: Chastushka
Hunter Becomes the Hunted
...Hunter Becomes the Hunted World War 2 is still relevant in 2014. Widow of a Kriegsmarine Captain's U-boat still misses her husband. How she wishes he'd had a shore posting and not gone to sea. When ......

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Categories: u boat, conflict, death, history, military,
Form: Verse
Was It a Film Set
...Film Set? There were many bathers on the beach when a rusty U-boat surfaced, a hatch opened a man came on deck he was the captain and wore a German uniform, a long white beard, sunken eyes yes,......

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Categories: u boat, courage, war,
Form: Blank verse
The Long Wait
...The Long Delay On glittering morning sea I saw a u-boat surface covered in barnacles and seaweed. On its bridge the captain looking onto shore with his binocular, scanning the land for enemy activ......

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Categories: u boat, mystery,
Form: Blank verse
Phobia
...Phobia Once in Paris, I was going to a venue reading poetry, the hotelier told me to take the subway as it was easy. After being a fender for busy people I found my train and suffocated. First s......

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Categories: u boat, funny, me, people, me,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Stranger At Halloween
...On this Halloween night A stranger came to my home My parents invited him in From his cold nightly roam I hear them talking As he comes every year My father distraught My mother in tears ......

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Categories: u boat, angst, death, devotion, history,
Form: Rhyme

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