FROM DAYS OF YORE

By Richard L. Provencher

Mon, 09 Jul 2018
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I walked the seashore

to seek my fortune

where fighting ships did abound--

might was right and mouths

of cannon

eager for daylight

where good folks should

be feeling safe

but the sound of pirates

filled the air

with outcries of joy.

 

Time and travel

from remnants in many battles

debris of every sort

stretched across the shore.

 

Not interested in gold nor

Doubloons of old but mystery

and adventure

from days of yore--

pieces of sword

or flotsam from ships destroyed

perhaps even a captain’s log

telling tales 

beyond these shores

yet embedded

in sands of yesteryear.

 

(c) 2018 Richard L. Provencher 

 

 

Certificate U
Poem
Words that Matter
Historical Fiction

Comments

Submitted by paborama on

Thank you for this, it got my inner parrot chirping, 'pieces of Eight!' 

Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on

PABORAMA -- Thank you me lovely. I spend much time indoors now, compared to health concerns years ago, when I pirated a ship -- ahoy! My faith, my wife and my writing sustain me. Am so glad when others like yourself enjoy my story-poems. 

Richard L. Provencher