Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAPTAIN KIDD, by T. B. HUNT First Line: A buccaneer, a bad man Last Line: "I'd knife ye!"" and I would." Subject(s): Boats; Racism; Sea; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Ocean | ||||||||
A buccaneer, a bad man, A pirate man I be, Who curses before breakfast And chanteys before tea. A tall ship, a square ship, A rakish ship for mine, With blood in her lee scuppers And decks all white with brine. With tall spars, with black spars, And masts as black as teak; With dirty sails and splintered rails, The Roger at the peak. A wicked crew, an ugly crew, A crew of evil mien, Who carry dirks and cutlasses And pistols stuck atween. A wild sea, a hollow sea. Up solid to the truck; With murdered niggers in the hold And one strung up for luck. A wet night, a black night, Rebellion and red rum. The galley-boy half crazy. The wheel watch drunken numb. A drunken crew, a fighting crew, Roaring a bloody yell, "I'll slit you through your undershirt And send your soul to hell!" "I'm Captain of this outfit: I'll scuttle the whole damn brood. For a Bible or a jug of rum I'd knife ye!" And I would. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS CHAMBER MUSIC: 10 by JAMES JOYCE OMNIPRESENCE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ALBERT SCHIRDING by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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