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Sea Poppy 2 - by Ian Hamilton Finlay

{ Poem }

A concrete poem made from the names of boats.

The Bungle-man - by Anonymous

{ Poem }

the bungle-man
/ thinks
/ with crewless brains:
/ like the boat-bob
/ from Ngerechemai
/ who tagged
/ the where-is
/ of his fishtraps
/ with a cloud.
/ …

Bonefish - by Teweiariki Teaero

{ Poem }

I cast
/ Blindly
/ Snap!
/ Aue!
/ Te ikari!
/ Bonefish
/ It bites
/ It tugs
/ Then runs
/ Really runs
/ A silver bullet
/ Running
/ Pulling
/ Zigzagging
/ Everywhere
/ Hooked
/ On my line
/ Ai aue!
/ …

Kantan Chamorrita - by Anonymous

{ Poem }

Courting
/
/ I’m not fishing for small fish
/ I’m casting my net for you
/ When I whistle three times
/ Throw your net and run.
/
/
/ Mimicry/Courting
/
/ I would…

Tuna - by Kumalau Tawali

{ Poem }

Tuna you are the mirror of the blue
/ Tuna you are the pain in my veins
/ Tuna you are lord.
/
/ When I set…

from The Alban Goes Out: 1939 - by Naomi Mitchison

{ Poem }

The Alban stands away now, rocking and dark,
/ Sandy alone aboard, in the wheel-house, keeping
/ The engine slow but a constant…

fram da far-haaf - by Robert Alan Jamieson

{ Poem }

Wake up man! Waken! Listen!
/
/ What?
/ What is it?
/
/ Oh what a dream I’ve had,…

Do Mo Mhàthair - by Tracey Herd

{ Poem }

Bha thus’ a’ sgoltadh sgadain
/ ann an Yarmouth fad air falbh
/ ’s a’ ghrian shaillt sa mhadainn
/ ag èirigh às a’ chuan
/ ’s an…

Uncle Roderick - by Norman MacCaig

{ Poem }

His drifter swung in the night
/ from a mile of nets
/ between the Shiants and Harris.
/
/ My boy’s eyes watched
/ the lights of the…

Largo - by Sydney Goodsir Smith

{ Poem }

Ae boat anerlie nou
/ Fishes frae this shore,
/ Ae black drifter lane
/ Riggs the crammasie daw,
/ Aince was a fleet, and nou
/ Ae boat alane…

from Seeker, Reaper - by Deòrsa Mac Iain Deòrsa
George Campbell Hay

{ Poem }

She’s a solan, she’s a tramper, she’s a sea-shaker,
/ she’s a hawk, she’s a hammer, she’s a big-sea-breaker,
/ she’s a falcon, she’s…

The Old Fisherman - by Deòrsa Mac Iain Deòrsa
George Campbell Hay

{ Poem }

Greet the bights that gave me shelter,
/ they will hide me no more with the horns of their forelands.
/ I…

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