Homeward Tides

by ALRO613 ♪ LoA ♫

Add to AIMShare

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.

Prequels

Write a prequel

Sequels

Write a sequel

Comments

  1. Homeward Tides

    ALRO613 ♪ LoA ♫'s Buddy Icon ALRO613 ♪ LoA ♫

    Posted 6 months ago

    Style inspired, by Emily Dickinson’s Poem:

    I never saw a moor,
    I never saw the sea,
    Yet know I how the Heather looks,
    And what a billow be.

    I never spoke with god,
    Nor visited in heaven,
    Yet certain I am of the spot,
    As if the checks were given.

  2. Homeward Tides

    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 6 months ago

    Nice to see something different from you! I like it! I think of pirates, yet there is nothing really pirate-y (piratical) about this.

  3. Homeward Tides

    ALRO613 ♪ LoA ♫'s Buddy Icon ALRO613 ♪ LoA ♫

    Posted 6 months ago

    Thanks, Elsha.
    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 – its rhythm was all wrong.
    I think i managed to fix what i didn’t like about it.

Want to comment on this ficlet? You need to sign in!