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Pleasure Cruise |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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Pleasure Cruise Cast your line into the sea And catch a silver dream for me Let me love and let it be Oh, fisher of the sea I’m clinging to the edge of time This moment that I know is mine So let my spirit freely shine Oh, Captain of the sea Take me on a pleasure cruise Hoist up the sails of whites and blues And leave the course for me to choose Oh, sailor of the sea On Flying Dutchman wings we sail And venture forth before the gale My hours are short and limbs are frail So take me out to sea Turn starboard toward the sunset west And drift upon the crimson crest And let my heart be free to rest And drift upon the sea Whate’er the fate this sailing ship I’ll always have upon my lip Remembrance of this pleasure trip Oh, Captain of the sea Now cast your line into the sea Whatever fate will be, will be Please catch a silver dream for me Oh, fisher of the sea Elizabeth Santos |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Please catch a silver dream for me .... WOW Liz, many many amazing lines in there.... great regards, sudhir |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
Liz...bittersweet, this one gave me tears. Thank you for such moving words. ~ Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
’m clinging to the edge of time This moment that I know is mine So let my spirit freely shine Oh, Captain of the sea Liz--this stanza ...wonderful...aren't we all just clinging to the edge of time...each moment is ours to fish for its worth. Loved this poem, by the way....all of it. |
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BloomingRose Member Elite
since 2000-08-09
Posts 3092Florida |
Oh I like it! I like it a lot! Deb |
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sonjes Senior Member
since 2000-02-18
Posts 564North Carolina |
What a pleasure it was to read these words...excellent writing, caught me up and made me care. I could feel the salt-water spray... Don't care what people say Just follow your own way Don't give up and use the chance To return to innocence. -Enigma |
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~Enigma~ Junior Member
since 2000-07-03
Posts 44St Cloud, MN |
I want to take a ride on this pleasure cruise. I think I heard the seagulls when reading this one. Beautiful! |
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Auguste 
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea |
Liz, This is lovely and I could relate to it in many ways. So very nice  Michael Proust- "Love is space and time measured by the heart" |
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AVANTI Senior Member
since 2000-02-02
Posts 664INDIA/MAHARASHTRA/PUNE |
Lots of reflections for me throught this one...Simply genius work! Liked it a lot... If I should fall again, then they will laugh but what if just this one I rise? Avanti Rao |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
There is a curse that perfection brings, As I'm sure you've already learned. With each new perfect poem you sing, The need for more more hotly burns. Liz - Deep waters do not come even close to describing you. I love this poem, in all its perfection as I've loved all your words. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Sudhir, Thank you, dear poet, May you catch a silver dream Claire, Thanks for the tears Martie, Glad you liked this one. You are right about clinging to the edge of time, but you don't think that way when you're young. Thanks Deb, Thank you sonjes, Thank you for the kind remarks, I'm glad you liked it Enigma, You don't want to go on the Flying Dutcman, do you? It might be your last voyage. It's not like a Carnival cruise, perhaps more like a spiritual cruise. Thanks Michael, Glad you could relate, as this could be interpreted in many ways. Thank you AVANTI, I love the word "genius". No one has ever used it with regard to me or my work, so I'll take the compliment and run, and thank you so very much LngJhn,Thanks for the little verse, of course you know the Flying Dutchman was already a curse, so I guess you won't get any more poems since I was on board. Thank you, dear, for all your kind compliments. Liz |
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