'Shiver Me Timbers' Poem by Ima Ryma

'Shiver me timbers' pirates said
In works of fiction as oath mock
When something weird happened that led
The pirates to a state of shock.
Based on real nautical slang that
Referred to wooden timbered ships
Which were the pirates' habitat.
The wood would 'shiver' in bad tips.
Many a pirate also had
Need for a peg leg made of wood,
And sometimes when the ship rocked bad,
Overboard went the leg, not good!

Sunk below the cold ocean deep,
One more 'shiver me timbers' 'bleep.'