Blimey



A tail of the actions that happened to be.
I was coaxed Deeply into a squalled sea.                                                                                     
some say drowning gracefully sounds like a melody
What it looks like in real time is manifest calamity.
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They asked that I be captain, do a small, big task.
said I would get amenities. of which I would not Avast.
they told me it was fomented and not to give much sass.
Treasure of the highest would be gained and booty I would grasp.
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I took to the boat, believing I could learn to maintain it.
Heaving all I could muster weighing anchor to sustain it.
Making sails and biting bullets to the quest as ye crew named it.
All hands ahoy as we deploy with a Yō ho ho blindly port sided.
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AYE, we cast off in a gleeful boast.
the idea that with shipmate's help we'd scuttle or coast.
With cheers and hoopla given helm and coaxed.
believing I should commandeer this beauty boat.
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Eye, I, sea AS I stood at the fore.
A savvy chartered vision like never before.
Yet, Mutiny whispers under the hatch from shore.
Buccaneers pushed me off the plank from a hornswoggling core.
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Bloody gallows were not for me.
Calling on Davys locker when the sea fare friends marooned me.
Sea bait for sure, still My mermaid friends did not deceive me.
They came in droves from coast to coast with a valor king.
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Drowning alone doesn't mean I am strong.
Drowning out loud doesn't mean I am not alone.
To cry havoc is a poisonous cast.
Bending the ship from hold to mast.
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Being marooned is meant to be the end of fame.
Alas my friends from the sea remained.
Saved my booty and my pirate's name.
Look around, they are here in vast numbers, they came.
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Eye, I see my hearties in numbers.
Look around you now, the sea never slumbers.
My friends are sea friends and not ye lubbers.
The best of the best agitators and delicate lovers.
Blimey!

About this poem

I was asked to be the literary poet for the Fairy and Fea Propaganda event and wrote this Pirate poem and dressed apropos for the event. Yar!

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Written on September 08, 2024

Submitted by gtcarc75 on February 06, 2025

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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
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Stanza Lengths 45

Shatriya Smith

Shatriya is executive director of Springfield’s Garvey Tubman Cultural Arts and Research Center that provides services for low income families and young people ages 5-13 for music classes and to teach them to become young entrepreneurs. These past few years she was tasked to recite poetry Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Amanda Gorman to K – 6 graders and led a team to produce The Underground Railroad Poetry Program that hosted a monthly workshop, open mic and field trip. Shatriya won Springfield Illinois Times "Best Of' Living Author two years in a row. She is Insistent on community action and educational cultural accessibility while being an ardent support system with valued dialogue for strengthening supports for her community. “I stand with activists, allies and advocates of humanity. more…

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