Horatio Nelson
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Years ago I did so choose, to go on a Caribbean clipper ship cruise,
and, in addition to several other islands,
anchored off Nevis, northwest of Saint Kitts,
where, in the late 1780's, N...
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Categories:
windjammer, boat, character, fun, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Windjammer
...We meandered along the cays in June
Our blistered feet untoughened,
White with ooze and sand
Caring the least for nothing
Save taut sail and steady breeze
And good news from home.
Cap steered ...
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Categories:
windjammer, adventure, sea,
Form: Free verse
China Clipper
...Listen and you can hear the wind whisper
the name of a lost ship and its skipper.
The wind’s name is Favonius, winged god
His sotto voce is but a whimper.
Gentle breeze doth tell of China Clip...
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Categories:
windjammer, sorrow,
Form: Rubaiyat
A Beautiful Sailing Ship
...A Beautiful Sailing Ship
Great white sheets spread before Auster's wind seem to fly.
She sails ocean rout's course coming from East Indies.
My eyes take in ship's sight: be her goods Celanese?...
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Categories:
windjammer, beauty,
Form: Rhyme
What'Ll I Do
...“O’Reilly! …what’ll I do with Miss Glamour?
She’s me girl, but can no longer stand ‘er:
- Farts all the time
- for no reason or rhyme …”
That’s easy, mate … Buy a windjammer!...
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Categories:
windjammer, funny, hilarious, humor, humorous,
Form: Limerick