This poem (lyrics) were inspired by the Theme song to the Poseidon Adventure. Which later Maureen McGovern released on her album The Morning After.

"Tunc praecurrit comis..." * Years ago, St. Jerome-- Don't give me that look! I'm NOT off the subject and this is NOT a shaggy dog story (though there IS a dog in it) I'm trying to tell...

My leaven makes my muffins rise. My eggs are never runny My pudding could take any prize. My secret? Not for money. Hush! There's a bogie in my kitchen. He's the joy that makes my life. By...

Ancient Egyptians, plagued by plague, Still scribbled figures on papyrus. (Illnesses wear us down and yet Communication's ever tireless) Conquering eastward, was it war Or just a cold that...

Your daddy can do many things for you, Yet there is one he can't, it seems. Alone, alone, you must alone Go find the land of dreams. And I have taught you many things, but this May be the...

The ship boards creak. The rigging sings And down my cheeks stream mist and spray. My breath grows fast. My knees feel weak. As fate speeds me away. Her eyes, her lips become her face. The...

The sea is deep. The sea is vast. The winds, they die. The winds they blast. Does he think of the sheets on the clothes-lines As he darts mid the rigging and sails? Does his ship rock him...

Soft and firm, but cold! I see you slide about Kissing everything below, Even what the sun can't see. He must be part fish too. How he bobs and sinks and bounds. Yes, I could splash with...

How dare you? You thought, no, you assumed I would... because you did that I might too. And if I don't? Just because you flirt at bookstores, wander the library stacks, scan the trade at...

Let's hear it for the spirit. Now lift your voice in song. But if your arm's too weak, my friend, You'd best not sing along. So drink to the fellow with the scar on his chest And drink to...