To Westward Ho!

1. Of all the Hos I ever did know
2. My favourite Ho is Westward Ho!
3. The Ho that I do favour most.
4. She sits upon the Devon Coast.
   
   
5. A group of towns along that shore
6. Take "Ho" as suffix — Hos galore!
7. The "Pointing Hos" is how they're named.
8. They indicate the way they're aimed.
   
   
9. There's Westward Ho!
10. And Eastward Ho,
11. There's Downward Ho
12. And Backward Ho,
    
    
13. Side-to-Side Ho,
14. Loop-de-loop Ho,
15. There's even one called Wheelchair Ho.
    
    
16. But Westward Ho! is dear to me,
17. She points towards the Irish Sea.
18. The only one, along that arc
19. Who gets an exclamation mark!
    
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by Albert Semple
19 lines over 5 stanzas.