We know the ship We seek the shore We know the turning seas We smell the fires Of Cooky's cooking Where the gally be. We check the sails We weigh the rudder We guide her Westward Bound, She tumbles swell to swell With creaking timber sound. Homeward-bound To homeland hearths We steer our sailing ship. To wife or maiden we look to-fore Their waiting kissing lip. Hi-dee Ho-there Mr. Captain How goes our swelling tides. We've sailed for twice a fortnight With ballasts side to side. To home we sail For inn and ale By morrow we will land. With winded haste, By Angel's grace And god's great guiding hand. Land Be Ho' By eyeglass show Land bearing 10 sails strong, Serve rum around, we've made aground With sailor shanty song. 2008-05-23T13:01:48Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/31417 <p>Thanks, Elsha.<br />This is actually my second crack at this one. I wrote a version of this a while back.. but there was something wrong with it &#8211; its rhythm was all wrong.<br />I think i managed to fix what i didn&#8217;t like about it.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/31417?basename=64332 2008-05-23T13:01:48Z ALRO613 ♪ LoA ♫ http://ficlets.com/authors/alro613 <p>Nice to see something different from you! I like it! I think of pirates, yet there is nothing really pirate-y (piratical) about this.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/31417?basename=64157 2008-05-22T21:15:34Z Mistress Elsha Hawk http://ficlets.com/authors/mistress_elsha_hawk <p>Style inspired, by Emily Dickinson&#8217;s Poem:</p> <p>I never saw a moor, <br />I never saw the sea, <br />Yet know I how the Heather looks, <br />And what a billow be.</p> <p>I never spoke with god, <br />Nor visited in heaven, <br />Yet certain I am of the spot, <br />As if the checks were given.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/31417?basename=64132 2008-05-22T19:17:01Z ALRO613 ♪ LoA ♫ http://ficlets.com/authors/alro613