Bill Adams Poems on Place (2 Poems)

I’ve Been Dreamin’ (Bill Adams Poems)

I’ve been dreamin’,Of a randy, dandy clipper with her tops’ls set,Pitchin’ heavy down the westin’ with the leeches wet.Bill Newland, the old skipper, from his high bridge head,Shoutin’ to us packet rats — an’ these the words he said:“Hop along, … Continue reading →

Sea Cook (Bill Adams Poems)

There ain’t no “Tradesman’s Entrance” wrote up above his door,Like you sees on stylish houses on the stylish streets ashore,So’s the butcher an’ the baker an’ the grocer-man can tellWhere they’ll find him when they wants him, an’ there isn’t … Continue reading →