Whaling Poems - Poems about Whaling

Fin Whales are listed as, endangered and are the second largest animal, on our planet they swim in, California, Coral Triangle and Artic waters and the ridge on their back, is nicknamed “razorback” They have an unusual feature, as their lower left jaw is just black, and lower right jaw, is bright white They circle schools of fish, with their white...

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ghosts on the water Captains courageous Out hunting for whale Ghosts on the water Still under sail Whales are all gone now Time goes so fast Ghosts on the water Still a'fore the mast Yesterday beckons But no one can see The ghosts on the water Still sailing the sea Hunting for schools That no longer exist Ghosts on the water Sail on in the mist Captains courageous Out hunting for blue Souls lost...

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'Thar she blows!' the cry goes up a breaching whale is seen The longboat's manned and low'red the lookout's eyes were keen The hunt begins, the whalers chant the oarsmen strain and pull The whaling ship won't turn for port 'til her holds are full The boat seems small, the men seem weak beside the mighty whale but it's gentle nature seals it's fate the harpoon...

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A Whaling Tale by Gabriel Magno The whaling ships approach as I stare into the bay, today I said by short farewells, to friends who pled I stay. A whaler I have dreamt to be, since I stood three feet tall, my name appears among the list of worker’s on the wall. I grab my heavy backpack, and board the...

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WHALING SHIP CAPTAIN"S LOVER part 3 Now Jorgie met a new love He begged to make her wife First, they’d fetch her small boy to start a fresh new life. So East they went to Minot To find her cousin there But when they came to his big house His smile for them was spare. The cousin was...

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WHALING SHIP CAPTAIN’S LOVER (Part 2 of 3) Now Jorgie was a fierce one Widowed ‘fore she wed The object of her passion A Sea man lost and dead Jorgie had a small lad Swaddled piece of sun And her lovers parents Coveted this tiny life begun They didn’t care that he was born Before the two were wed They claimed that he was theirs...

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WHALING IN 1844 All hands came aboard In March we left Deptford Bound for Greenland’s whales and Rather it was Wales’s green land. The lookout on the mainmast tied Saw her white spout and cried “Thar she blows, ...

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