Cut-throat Clare is as bad as they get
She'll shoot a man show no regret
She hoists her flag, she's a pirate Queen
There's nothing she fears in the world, marine.
A Spanish galleon sailing East
That means gold, or silver at least
Run up the mainsails, prime every gun
Sharpen those cutlasses, time for fun
Cut-throat Clare has the Spanish crew
A sorry looking lot to put on view
The old and the ugly she'll set afloat
With a few supplies, and an open boat
Any handsome man she'll keep on board
If he'll fight like a man and love like a lord
With the treasure she steal and the men she keeps
She's a happy pirate Queen when in bed she sleeps
When she's rich enough, and she's tired of men
She'll once more be a lady as she was back then
With a mansion on the Thames and grounds and a view
And very handsome butler and a footman or two!
Author notes
There is a real Clare, but as far as I know she doesn't hold up Spanish treasure ships, but she would like a mansion.
A contest entry
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I love the rollicking quality in this write about Clare who can always go back to her old life as a lady. But she stays true to form in her liking for goodlooking men. I'm glad you put that in.
Well done.
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I think Clare must be a very successful lady pirate, I know of a few and they scuttle and sink many a man's boat. This is great! Captain Blackthatch be forewarned.
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Great rhyme! I like this story and the fact that it wasn't based on a real pirate. YAY!!!!
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Arrgh, I nev'r red dis poerty of yers mate! Sounds like ya had bed dis winch. Ave ya?
Love,
Amera♥
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Arrgh, I be not much fer bitches on-board b' least the claw-cat wen' fer the lousy Spaniards, arrgh! We had ney hussies on me ships. Scupper, sink n' burn me if this I dinny like.
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Oooh, this one's interesting!
Best of luck and thanks for entering
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hehe. My names claire and i have alwasy wanted to be a pirite (Dunno why. This is the closest ill get. Love it!!!!
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I totally dig this piece! What a way you have to build an image for me to see...and so smoothly, almost like a pirate's song. Great work!
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I see you DEFINITELY have a way with rhyme ... I envy you ... my rhyming sucks!
Your words seem to paint pictures in my head - pictures of exactly what it is that you want the reader to see, which is a wonder in itself ... you have a wonderful knowledge on how to use the words that bring out the clearest image and I commend you for your poetry - well done!
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Awww, you forgot my favourite saying...blare the trumpets, lower the drawbridge and wind in the poop deck
Gee you couldnt have worked that in there somehow?
Enjoyed this, perfect in rhyme and flow!
wil'♥
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