The majority of these poems were written while he was a member of the Canadian Navy. He would sit out on the upper deck at night and look at the stars, and this is where most of his inspiration cam...ver maisThe majority of these poems were written while he was a member of the Canadian Navy. He would sit out on the upper deck at night and look at the stars, and this is where most of his inspiration came from. Sometimes family and friends, mostly women, would ask him to write a poem for them, and that is where some of them also came from.ver menos