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# Davey Jones
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/davey-jones/
- Published: 2021-07-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: sails torn by shrapnel, she groans as she turns hell below decks as the gun powder burns smoke blinding eyes, hiding old skull and bones no longer jolly, is our Davey Jones
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

sails torn by shrapnel, she groans as she turns  
hell below decks as the gun powder burns  
smoke blinding eyes, hiding old skull and bones  
no longer jolly, is our Davey Jones

gone are the days of the main Spanish threat  
vanquished by speed, by the British corvette  
galleons, heavy with wine and with loot  
tortured by ships that are faster afoot

here goes the mast, Massachusetts' best pine  
so much for racing the ships of the line  
is this the end, he is forced to admit  
Davey is staring at certain defeat

suddenly, as if by Neptune's decree  
monstrous tentacles rise from the sea  
terrible screams as the water does churn  
ships torn asunder from bow to the stern

and sink below, to their watery graves  
the smoke clears at last, Jolly Roger yet waves  
proud as its ever been, old Skull and Bones  
serving its master, the feared Davey Jones

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**Author notes:** Image from Nerdist https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784707-Old-century-Ships-Gentleman-only