If you're interested in old sea poetry, with the original words, there's not a better website than Oldpoetry.com

You can find nautical poems there by Cicely Fox Smith, John Masefield, Robert Louis Stevenson and many others. Major poets have their own page with a short bio. Recently, I've been collaborating with Mudcat's Shantyfreak to create a new column which provides a general introduction to nautical poetry and links to specific poems. If you'd like to view this column and experiment with the links: Click here!

The column is actually on Allpoetry, sister website to Oldpoetry, but the poems are posted in Oldpoetry. Not to worry.

The website also permits placement of a graphic header for each poems and we are busily posting appropriate graphics from our collections.

The website appears to be more stable than Mudcat which gives me something to do when Mudcat is having a periodic fit. However, be warned that the vast majority of people posting in the chatroom are concerned with new poetry. The website also has a bonus system for encouraging positive comments. You actually get points for being good!

I post there under my usual Mudcat nickname.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble