• "Sea Fever" - John Masefield
• "Ending" - Gavin Ewart
• "The Twa Corbies" - Anon.
• "The Shipfitter's Wife" - Dorianne Laux
• "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

others

• "Still I Rise" - Maya Angelou
• "Mad Girl's Love Song" - Sylvia Plath