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Born in December 15, 1883 / Died in August 5, 1960 / United States / English

Poems by Harry Kemp

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At Sea I Learned The Weather

... I learned that, 'mid the thunder, ...

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There's Nothing Like A Ship At Sea

... . . But there's nothing like a ship at sea with her sails full-spread ...

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Farewell

... Still loving Song, but loving more ...

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Shanghaied

... Shanghaied! Yes, yon's the mist they call the shore, ...

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The Beach Comber

... Where men struggle for life, where they work and find sweet ...

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When Ham And Sham And Japhet: A Sailor's Song

... Of fights they'd had, and friendships, ...

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Chanteys

... These are the songs that we sing with crowding feet, ...

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Seaside Talkers (Provincetown Summer of 1917)

... And while the fishers clung to planks and spars ...

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Hesperides

... The loosed winds drove them south and north, ...

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The Chantey Of The Cook (dithyramb of a discontented crew)

... For the coffee's only chickory half-soaked in luke-warm water, ...

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A Sailor's Life

... The long, white leagues and the foam of it, ...

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A Poet's Room (Greenwich Village 1912)

... The broken fanes and shrines of Greece ...

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A Shining Ship

... Have you ever gazed from the headland's reach ...

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Good-Bye! (a chantey to be sung at the capstan)

... There's a good stiff wind, and we're outward bound! ...

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Said The Captain To Me

... "I have a young son," says the Captain to me, ...