Poet Of The Sea Poem by Francis Duggan

Everybody is good at something with that most would agree
And there is more to anyone than the naked eye can see
And when Hillary and Norgay climbed Mt Everest they made their own history
And John Masefield is remembered as the great poet of the sea.

Long before Masefield became England's Poet Laureate his was a celebrated name
And he did not need to thank the British Monarch for catapulting him to fame
For he was famous already England's best bard of his time
And he was a skilful wordsmith with the marvellous gift of rhyme.

Masefield went to sea as a boy sailed by many a coastal town
And the publishing of his Saltwater Ballads was his ticket to renown
And the fame that did come to him one might say was overdue
For he truly was a great poet and his equals only few.

He wrote long poems, he wrote short poems and his rhymes just flowed along
And he made so many happy with his marvellous gift of song
He was the poet of the people as a laureate ought to be
And the one from Ledbury in Herefordshire embraced all of humanity

That everybody is good at something only happens to be true
And the one you think is not clever may be more gifted than you
And Nelson Mandela became famous despite great adversity
And John Masefield is remembered as the great poet of the sea.