Aventures and Sailors’ Tales
That drunken, wandering, aimless, fool, sailing the
seven seas; and then some. At bars and pubs around
the world, I took a dive into that dark realm, took a
drive down into that abyss.
I sold my soul to that ol’ devil and everything I had
for just one more round. I proposed a toast to youth
and naivety, a toast to all my friends, those shipmates
of mine, more like a brotherhood really.
Mugs and bottles raised to all those ladies of the night,
anyone that would gather around, in every port of call,
just to hear those sailors’ tales, of the high seas’ and of
America, America; land that we love.
Tales all those places we were have sailed to, adventures,
where life and limb were risked night and day, where
sanity was lost behind the mask of Dutch courage.
©2022 Wayne Russell All rights reserved.
Wayne Russell is or has been many things during his lifetime, he has been a creative writer, world traveler, graphic designer, former soldier, and former sailor. Wayne has been widely published in both online and hard copy creative writing magazines. From 2016-17 he also founded and edited Degenerate Literature. In late 2018, the editors at Ariel Chart nominated Wayne for his first Pushcart Prize for the poem “Stranger in a Strange Town.” In addition; he was nominated for Best of the Net via the editor at The Abyss. Where Angels Fear is his debut poetry book published by Guerrilla Genesis Press.