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Ticklefingers
Senior Member
Posts 710
Louisiana

0 posted 2015-12-14 07:14 PM

willows weeping, lovers sleeping
British breezes never rest
o'er the isles in slumbers keeping
this shall be my solemn quest

where my feet do trod the thresholds
of the maidens fair and few,
when in London (pray the natives)
lay your efforts as they do

for where the dawn shall meet you kindly
there the wise man's flag will flail
Union Jack will then discover
masts at half yet full to sail

She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast".

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

1 posted 2015-12-14 07:42 PM

Lyrical, like a sea shanty, sung when the sailor is far from home

Thanks Tick--enjoyed reading this.

"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."
Carl Sandburg

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2015-12-14 07:50 PM

You are very good at this kind of wonderment of the British . . .

~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (12-14-2015 10:09 PM).]

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2015-12-14 08:11 PM

It is so well written, it is captivating though very enigmatic. As I have just read about a BBC journalist flying close over the Chinese "new-built" islands in international waters close to the Philippines, I was induced to think you referred somehow to this high-risk event ... of course I may be totally wrong.

Margherita

Mr Martini
Member
Posts 366
Beneath The Line

4 posted 2015-12-15 01:38 AM

Smooth and easy with an old time flavor, like an in-port ale.

Here's to you and here's to me and should we ever disagree, here's to me!

Cari
Member
Posts 411
Englnand

5 posted 2015-12-15 11:27 AM

Maybe a small picky I have is with the word ‘trod’ which reads rather odd. I think ‘tread’ or ‘that trod’ is more in context. That apart, I think that this poem is the best I’ve read from you so far, really well written and to the point.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

6 posted 2015-12-15 06:12 PM

I could hear this being sung too. You are a versatile writer! ~L

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