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More Caribbean Haiku
Written for the Poetry Drabble Challenge in April 2005

by Hendercats
April 15, 2005

Captain Jack Sparrow,
a pirate, yet a good man,
saves sunken Miss Swann.

Beaded and dreadlocked,
kohl-lined eyes, bright golden grin
and a tricorn hat.

Pirate Jack Sparrow,
while careening 'round madly,
you've captured our hearts.

Unconventional
swordsman distracts, cries "eunuch!"
Stopped by Brown's bottle.

Jack Sparrow, stranded.
Crew mutinied. Barbossa
left him just one shot.

Exotic captain,
sea, Pearl, freedom his true loves.
Will helps him escape.

He seeks his freedom.
His black darling will take him
toward that horizon.

Clever fingers float,
hypnotize. Eyes mesmerize,
words charm and disarm.

The lovely Black Pearl,
she waits for her true captain
and aches from the curse.

Hector Barbossa,
mutineer, gets comeuppance;
won't taste that apple.

>^..^<

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