Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
SS Watertown: Faces In The Water. Here is
a synopsis followed by a poem and ballad.
Category: Ballad
SS Baychimo: Arctic Ghost Ship
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
SS Baychimo: The Arctic’s Ghost Ship. Here
is a synopsis followed by a poem and ballad.
Sixty Feet From Shore: SS Valencia Ballad
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
“So Close Yet So Far”, this is my ballad
about the unimaginable sinking of the
SS Valencia, January 22, 1906 in the
Pacific Northwest, just sixty feet from shore.
Almost Home: A Widow’s Song ~ SS Sultana
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
“SS Sultana: A Fire That Changed Laws”.
This poem/ballad was written in the voice of
Sarah Campbell, widow of Pvt. William T.
Campbell, 7th Tennessee Cavalry. Everything
I have written about Pvt. Campbell, Cahaba,
Andersonville, and Sultana is true and based on fact.
The Winter We Remember
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
SS Fleurus: The Day the Circus Ship
Caught Fire, this is my ballad for
Shirley and Jenny. As you may have
guessed by the name of my site, I am
extremely fond of elephants; they
do not belong in the circus.
Please check out Max’s site
for the story of the SS Fleurus.
Ballad of the Lifeboat: SS City of Benares
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
this is my poem & ballad about the SS City of Benares
