IMU
07-21-2009, 07:18 PM
Maybe some of you have noticed the banner in my signature and wondered what the heck is that all about (or maybe not)? :p
Anyway, a few months back a friend and I were talking about whether a theme was important to a yard display or not. I was going to do a Pirate theme again anyway, but wanted it to have a purpose. I don't write often so it took me a few weeks to get something close.
So, with some help from my friend (GF), here is my haunt poem:
The Legend of The Baetylus.
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The Baetylus gleamed in the sunlight on that cold day in October.
She was to set sail with her crew and Captain J. T. Stoeber.
There were dark storms brewing but not just from weather.
As she sailed off in the distance to bring distant families together.
The first storm blew them off course as the passengers slept that night.
Each one blissfully unaware of the crews’ mutinous fight.
Captain Stoeber was slain as he stood on the deck.
They used his own cutlass To slice through his neck.
Men, women and children all murdered for gold.
And each one of them dumped Into waters, black and cold.
On their second night’s journey another storm did awaken.
An ominous fog made of lives they had taken.
And there on the deck, a ghostly figure did stand.
It was old Captain Stoeber come to take back his command!
There was nothing they could do to a man who was dead.
Those who didn’t jump overboard? He took off their head.
He proudly sailed on, standing tall at the helm.
For he sent them all plummeting back to Davy Jones’ realm.
But once the battle was over and he had time to think.
His heart it weighed heavy and his soul began to sink.
He had not one passenger, there was nothing left at all.
A captain and his magnificent ship with no ports of call.
On that third and final night as he sailed The Baetylus around.
A ghastly decision was made that he'd run his ship aground.
By running ashore sins might be amended
For failing those passengers whose lives violently ended.
Every year since this tragedy, for three days in October.
The Baetylus appears with her beloved Captain Stoeber.
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I am going to put this on a large faux wooden sign and put it up at the beginning of the driveway. I am going to hack a Talk Thru Boris skull and have it recite the poem (so those who are too lazy to read it, will be able to hear it).
Well, hope you enjoyed it and I'll post picks when I start the sign.
Anyway, a few months back a friend and I were talking about whether a theme was important to a yard display or not. I was going to do a Pirate theme again anyway, but wanted it to have a purpose. I don't write often so it took me a few weeks to get something close.
So, with some help from my friend (GF), here is my haunt poem:
The Legend of The Baetylus.
---
The Baetylus gleamed in the sunlight on that cold day in October.
She was to set sail with her crew and Captain J. T. Stoeber.
There were dark storms brewing but not just from weather.
As she sailed off in the distance to bring distant families together.
The first storm blew them off course as the passengers slept that night.
Each one blissfully unaware of the crews’ mutinous fight.
Captain Stoeber was slain as he stood on the deck.
They used his own cutlass To slice through his neck.
Men, women and children all murdered for gold.
And each one of them dumped Into waters, black and cold.
On their second night’s journey another storm did awaken.
An ominous fog made of lives they had taken.
And there on the deck, a ghostly figure did stand.
It was old Captain Stoeber come to take back his command!
There was nothing they could do to a man who was dead.
Those who didn’t jump overboard? He took off their head.
He proudly sailed on, standing tall at the helm.
For he sent them all plummeting back to Davy Jones’ realm.
But once the battle was over and he had time to think.
His heart it weighed heavy and his soul began to sink.
He had not one passenger, there was nothing left at all.
A captain and his magnificent ship with no ports of call.
On that third and final night as he sailed The Baetylus around.
A ghastly decision was made that he'd run his ship aground.
By running ashore sins might be amended
For failing those passengers whose lives violently ended.
Every year since this tragedy, for three days in October.
The Baetylus appears with her beloved Captain Stoeber.
---
I am going to put this on a large faux wooden sign and put it up at the beginning of the driveway. I am going to hack a Talk Thru Boris skull and have it recite the poem (so those who are too lazy to read it, will be able to hear it).
Well, hope you enjoyed it and I'll post picks when I start the sign.