Poem based on my experiences aboard RMS St Helena: HOMEWARD BOUND Our ship pitches and rolls as it labours Against wind and swell to its home harbour. Her bow thrusts into each wave’s swollen ridge, Crashing white each side … Read More
Poem based on my experiences aboard RMS St Helena: NEW YEAR AT SEA At changing of the watch at sixteen bells, When the new year takes over from the old, Our ship’s alive on the Atlantic swells. We seek a … Read More
My poem about St Helena Island: HELENA ISLAND Sleepy island, almost as old as time, Born of fire, and shaped by sea and wind; Fortress against marching Atlantic swells Crashing against your cliffs and hostile shores, Then withdrawing … Read More