i <3 pirates of the carribean.....jack is my favorite!!!

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Ahoy, mate! Me crew and I recently published a new book, "Raising Black Flags," ISBN 978-0-615-25535-4, Blackbead Books, 2008. It's an anthology of over forty poems and images devoted to a celebration of the legends, lore, and tales of pirates, privateers, buccaneers, mermaids, and life and death at sea! Here be a sample of the work included in the book. It's a poem from the point of view of a captain who has just lost their ship. It's called . . .

Farewell, Brave Lion

I took you from a Spanish captain,
Back in seventeen-oh-two,
I knew it was your maiden voyage:
Your sails were still brand new.

You handled like an Irish racehorse,
Headstrong but steady and true,
And with the slightest breezes
There was nothing I couldn’t ask of you.

You managed fourteen cannon
Without giving up a knot
And in every fight but the last one
You gave better than you got.

It was my mistake to fight a carrack
With a twenty-four gun array
And now you lie forever
‘Neath the blue of Santiago Bay.

It’s been years since first I boarded you,
Now your sailing days are through,
Your guns have all gone silent:
I finally asked too much of you.

Stephen Sanders
©2008

If ye be interested in reading more, drop me a line and we can parley! Thanks for your interest!!

Blackbead
Master of the "Adventure"

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