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shyvl Senior Member
since 2008-04-11
Posts 531texas, usa |
Sailing The water waits, smooth as pure, clear glass- a shade perhaps more blue than green- It casts a mirror to mysteries below. While high in the cloudless sky, sheer glorious upon it's center stage, the sun grows savage at its duty. Casting down summer heat, as endless rain on thirst-quenched desert. The sails pull strong and sturdy, like dock-man straining to their task. Their canvas sheets billow out. Hurried by impatient winds they blossom full and wide. The green and yellow canvases cast a hint of carnival colors, their silhouette in stark relief to the pure periwinkle sky. And the pontoons glide through the waters. Shafts of towering ivory white, like great horned tusks of ancient beasts, moving side by side, swiftly slicing the still waters. A fine day for sailing the mast man, sure and true. His hands, taunt upon the salt-stained ropes, tell the tale of the how and the why of this journey into vast blue-green waters that stretch beyond the bay. At last the bay falls out of sight. Nothing is about but sea. We tie down the festive sails and balance on waveless waters. The seas cradle our tiny craft, in the arms of the big blue deep. All around a seeming eternity. The sky, a shimmering hue, greets its brother's own bright waters and then the faraway point where sky meets sea looks to circle the very world, touching one another beyond sight. Such sights set minds considering the timing and the moment of each journey past. Each one a chance invitation to linger in wonder, to capture this knowing of life's enormity, and our own small place there. Trying to be more descriptive. So here is another new style sharyn "God made you as you are |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Enjoyed your new style very much, Sharyn. I have never been sailing but it sounds wonderful. Ida |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Dear Sharyn, This sounds like fun. The poem is very descriptive. Bobby |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
A sweeping panorama of land, sea, and sky, and all the beauty they impart to the eye, and emote in the heart of imagination! This is superb narration without an excess of adjectives (which old Ezra Pound always frowned upon!).  Best wishes, Art |
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The Shadow in Blue Member
since 2006-05-18
Posts 493EL, Michigan |
The descriptive style suits you well shyvl. I especially loved how you described the sky, land, and sea with such harmony. ~Jill |
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shyvl Senior Member
since 2008-04-11
Posts 531texas, usa |
To each of you, I would like to express my appreciation that you took the time to read my poem(it was rather long) and then gave of yourself in warm supportive comments. I value your kind words. Thanks again sharyn "God made you as you are |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
quote: Enjoyed reading and sailing along with you, dear Sharyn. A most beautiful write, enriched with some deep thoughts born upon deep waters. Love, Margherita |
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Robert Frazier Senior Member
since 2003-02-06
Posts 1014 |
Well done! R |
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