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Mike
Member Elite

since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

0 posted 2000-02-29 12:04 PM

If I were but a captain,
...and you my Lorelei,
I'd sail my ship upon the rocks,
...for in your arms to die,
In the rolling, tossing tempest,
...you'd be the eye of calm,
I'd lay my head upon your breast,
...to feel its soothing balm,
As trade winds blow, to fill my sails,
...I'd feel as if been kissed,
By beauteous goddess of the sea,
...she'd come from evening's mist,
If I were but a captain,
...I'd sail the ocean blue,
Seeking out my goddess fair,
...to sail away with you.

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

1 posted 2000-02-29 12:10 PM

Oh, Mike! This is so beautifully romantic!!

hehehehe.....your turn, Ruth!!

Denise

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

2 posted 2000-02-29 12:22 PM

Ah Mike...I love the sea

If I were but a mermaid
...I'd swim the oceans deep
I'd travel far to distant shores
...To gaurd you in my keep
I'd splash along beside your boat
...And sing out from the sea
The dolphins and the great blue whales
...Would swim along with me
I'd watch you anchor up your ship
...I'd dance in waves of blue
Then catch myself up in your net
...Just to be with you

(Smiling...okay, I'm ready for the next one

)

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

3 posted 2000-02-29 12:28 PM

Mike, I do so admire your verses, and this is no exception. Just lovely in every way. Very romantic.
Liz

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

4 posted 2000-02-29 01:40 PM

Sigh...makes me wish my name was Lorelei.

childomine
Senior Member

since 2000-01-25

Posts 818
st. petersburg, FL

5 posted 2000-02-29 01:46 PM

The lost art of romance has been captured in this beautiful poem!

Paul Hoekman
Member

since 1999-12-28

Posts 382
Harwinton Ct. U>S>A>

6 posted 2000-02-29 03:02 PM

I love this, and can smell the salt air and feel it as it gets tossed over the bow and
sprays mistily upon my face. And there is
always somehting special about women and the
sea. Thanks Mike!

Meadowmuse
Member Elite

since 1999-12-27

Posts 3263

7 posted 2000-02-29 05:34 PM

This has to be one of your best "fantasy" poems, Mike, and you've brought it about convincingly enough to make my gaze wander far to the sea.

~ Claire

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

8 posted 2000-02-29 08:22 PM

Capt. Mike~
Such lovely 'fantasy' at sea.
Riding the waves of romantic notions.
I like this.
Check your nets !
~*Marge*~

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