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Battleships- Katrina Milburn

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THE GREAT BATTLESHIP By: Noel N. Villarosa

Once sailed as the lumbering hulks of the high seas Fierce winds accompanied most of its expedition Woozy and exhausted crews grappled the oars and crosstrees With smoothbore and muzzle-loading guns geared up for a mission

The tall vertical spar supporting aloft the white canvas Stretched out to catch the invisible strength of the wind The ship’s keel watching the sea-bed at its vast Emerged gradually from the water to meet enemy in lined

Whizzing salvo of the battle began off the island Ships clashed and soldiers engaged into a fight Dead bodies slammed and the injured crossed to near land Hear leaves without figs crushed to the ground

Ship ahoy! Shouted by villagers as they waited eagerly Slowly ship emerged with image of heavy wreckage Wounded and exhausted crews embraced their family Another saga of brave men printed in book’s page

As plaintive music now played on air Tattoo beats called soldiers back to barracks From bow to stern, ships respite from war Is a short-lived fashion from majestic into rugs

For chieftains, captains and crews laid beneath the ocean Their remains rested in their sunken ship as their grave Great battleships are now a history and ordain Shipwrecks underneath the sea untouched and remained a treasure Let in children’s cry slowly clear the fogs of war And hail farewell to brave men who once sailed with the great battleship of all times