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Written by Toby Clarkson - Student ('08)   
Tuesday, 25 March 2008

Amistad's a-sailin’
Her crew ain’t yet whalin’
The JT wasn’t workin'
Our chief mate was a lurkin’

Amistad is comin’
The tunes we are a-hummin’
Guitars they will be playin’
Can almost hear that prayin’

Nobody wants a wreck
So we do those boat checks
We gotta make sure to
INSPECT THE DECK

Barbados does await
To create amazing fate
To tell the great story
Of the ancestors' glory

A great welcome is planned
For the hardy stad clan
We’ll embrace every word
Fogo dropped another …

Mickey won’t come down
The office might frown
Stuck in the rigging
Can you hear the monkey singing?

The history some fear
Makes others see clear
Don’t be afraid to be blunt
We all must confront

The brave they rose up
They began to erupt
Took back their lives
They began to survive


Please! Please! No autographs!!

Toby
 

Comments (7)add
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written by brooks farmer , May 15, 2008
man the hell with this boat stuff, i think the real future is in poetry. - bub
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written by Josh the Goodman , May 13, 2008
keep the rhymes coming. when are you getting back to states, I need to hear a scurvy tale of the sea. look out for pirates, and the big sleazy.
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written by Aunt Suellen , April 18, 2008
Toby.....it's Friday, April 18th and I just saw a picture of you with Fogo. What a precious dog! Will you be able to get him thru Customs? How does that work? An article about Fogo and the crew was in a CT newspaper. One of our Clarkson cousins sent it to me and I've passed it around to everyone. You, too, look good and healthy. All is well here and we can't wait to see you and dad in Charleston. Many hugs from all of us in the Carolinas.
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written by robert e corrigan jr , April 18, 2008
dog,

i cant believe i didnt know about this blog til now. a lil bit late, but i've caught myself up.

glad to hear shane was given a wonderful sendoff. i hadn't heard the news of his passing.

i couldn't be more jealous of you right now, the trip sounds incredible and i'm quite upset i've missed out on it. make sure to make the best of it, as i'm sure you will, for me and all the other landlocked brothas here in the state of texas.

"And I do not know my own way to the sea
but the saltiest sea knows its own way to me."

in this case, through your blog.

enjoy yourself, enjoy the sea.

- rob


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written by Taide Riley- Hunte , April 18, 2008
Hi Toby this is Taide pronounced (tay-dee) u might not remember me, by the time u read this, but i was one of the female students on board the Amistad (one of the ones taking all the pics). You weren't lying when u said ur poems we pretty good. They really are. You made the tour into a great experience, being so down to earth with us. I hope u enjoy barbados while you're here.
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written by Aunt Suellen , April 17, 2008
Great poem......didn't know you had so much talent. Love you much!
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written by cher , April 05, 2008
lol... nice nice.... autographs ohh please...! owever good job
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