Sailing is a dance with the elements, a conversation between wood, wind, and water. These poems capture the rhythm of the waves, the salt on the skin, and the profound freedom of leaving the land behind for the blue unknown.
From the quiet drift of a hidden bay to the roar of a northern gale, this collection explores the sailor’s heart and the ocean’s depth.
Learning the language of the air.
- Captain Elias Voss
On the quiet confidence found in the open water.
- Elena Marin
by John Masefield (1902)
The quintessential poem of maritime longing.
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1889)
A profound metaphor for the final voyage.
by Robert Louis Stevenson (1887)
The famous lines of a sailor coming home.
- Unknown
- John A. Shedd
- Original