A Pirate’s Life For Me!!!

Blackbeard

The Craziest and meanest pirate of all time.

I am monstrous and ferocious.
I wonder if these land lovers will ever find my treasure.
I hear pistols and cutlasses as battle approaches.
I see smoke rising with an eerie promise of victory.
I want to conquer and rule the mighty seas.
I am monstrous and ferocious.

I pretend the Queen Anne’s Revenge will soar.
I feel I am the best pirate ever to roam the seas.
I touch my smoking beard.
I worry about the loss of freedom.
I cry at the thought of failure and the collapse of this crew.
I am monstrous and ferocious.

I understand defeat may perhaps appear.
I say, “Fight till the death mates!”
I dream this crew will fight fearlessly.
I try to contemplate the conclusion of this muddle.
I hope triumph is a result I rapidly discover.
I am monstrous and ferocious.

 

Blackbeard

The Craziest and meanest pirate of all time.

 

I am gruesome and vicious.
I wonder if these land lovers will ever unearth my treasure.
I take notice of pistols and cutlasses in the background as battle approaches.
I observe smoke rising with an eerie promise of victory.
I yearn to conquer and rule the mighty seas.
I am gruesome and vicious.

I imagine that the Queen Anne’s Revenge will soar.
I feel I am the finest pirate ever to roam the seas.
I stroke my smoking beard.
I fret over the loss of freedom.
I weep at the thought of failure and the collapse of this crew.
I am gruesome and vicious.

I comprehend that defeat may perhaps appear.
I say, “Fight till the death mates!”
I dream this crew will fight courageously.
I attempt to contemplate the conclusion of all this muddle.
I am optimistic that victory is what this pirate will discover.
I am gruesome and vicious.

 

Dictionary of Piratical and Nautical Terms

Brig –two mast vessels with square rails

Masts –large poles that the ship’s sails hang from

Starboard – right side of ship

Port –left side of ship

Contraband –smuggled goods

Customs Taxes –money paid to take goods in and out of the country

Molasses –dark sugar cane product

Upper Topsails –smallest and highest rails

First Mate –has command of the ship if the captain is not present

Helmsman –sailor that steers the ship

Flogged –when a pirate/man was beaten on his back

Latitude –used to measure the length traveled North and South

Backstaff –helps to determine latitude by measuring the sun

Almanac –a book of navigator tables

Quarterdeck –highest ship platform

Boatswain –has control of checking the anchor and sails

Maggots –small white worms

Marooning –when someone is left deserted with no means of escaping

Moored –anchored and held stationary by the anchor

Articles – pirate rules

Deserters –left without having permission to do so

League –measurement used at sea levels

Tacking –zigzag sailing

Careen –getting the barnacles and weeds off the bottom of the boat

Powder Monkey –fetches the gun powder

Magazine –where the gun powder is held