Here's my response to Anly Stede's challenge


Pirates ( Renrhyme challenge response)

Lines bar taut and black as coal
Sails blood red and bent hard set
Crew wind blown laughs at their goal
A prize to windward gold to get

We sail full and bye my dears
Lines bar taut and black as coal
The merchantman ours due to their fears
The crew wind blown laughs at their goal

Yonder shoal will be their doom
Sails blood red and bent hard set
We drive them toward surf's crashing boom
A prize to windward gold to get






Poetry by josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2015-09-17 at 02:16

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liz munro The PoetBay support member heart!
Nice, an enjoyable read
2020-01-18


Anly Stede The PoetBay support member heart!
:-) Love this! Thank you for participating in this challenge.
2015-09-21


Jamsbo Rockda The PoetBay support member heart!
This is really great. It has great feeling and the repetition emphasizes what is happening. I wonder how many ship losses were due simply to fear of pirates. Maybe they did not have to do much at all. Bravo!
2015-09-18



You have written a true classic. It is so well written with beautiful images of the sea.

Hide all your women and gold before the pirates reach shore!!

Ahhh the open sea with sails blowing in the breeze and the boat streaming over the ocean. What memories you conjure I'm my mind!:)
Ashe
2015-09-18


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
Ar! This be a well-made poem. You do know that International Talk Like a Pirate Day is this Saturday, don't you?
2015-09-17


countryfog
Nicely done Joe . . . we've missed your nautical inspirations.
2015-09-17