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Capstan Poems - Poems about Capstan


Captain and Cook
...Three times the Master spoke and three times the capstan broke. Decks awash with briny spume, the storm raged in the gathering gloom. 'Pull in that spar or else we're doomed!' Above the roar the......

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Categories: capstan, adventure, fantasy, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Undefeated, a Boxing Lesson
...UndefeaTed. A Boxing Lesson. A friend, off the Vineyard, wrighted a ship. And, perhaps himself, and certainly the worlds ‘round him. His words were fashioned, shipshape and watertight ......

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Categories: capstan, boat, cancer, inspirational, integrity,
Form: Free verse



Old Footfalls
...Echoes of past Sounds that had been Touches once in lust Now nothing   Ah, you are not dead in a sense Your eyes had read these very prints Much of my eyes I got from your genes Many ......

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Categories: capstan, old, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
Ghost Ship
...(Those who are familiar with the legend of "The Flying Dutchman," or even the Wagnerian opera with that title, will find it easy to get into this poem; if not, I urge you to check it out. Within the ......

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Categories: capstan,
Form: Free verse
Smokin'
...The John Player Special comin’ down the line, I cough and I retch like a veteran miner; a nicotine fix clawin’ into my spine, my lungs turnin’ black like a napalmed vagina. A Number Six filter ti......

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Categories: capstan, death, life, social, i
Form: Verse




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