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Corinne
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0 posted 2000-12-17 11:34 PM


Mariner's Net

What secrets harbored
upon olden sailing craft
moored to weathered slips
of St. Margaret’s Bay!

Through treacherous inlets
in predawn slow dance,
ancestral honored trade
practiced in remembrance.

Silent sundown broken
call of gulls, creak of masts,
sodden sails furled
in the absence of day.

When the mist swirls in
on late summer afternoons,
fishermen, alerted,
hasten boats home.

Sailors listen intently to
repeated weather warnings;
gulls sheltering on slippery bows
steal from today’s catch.

The channel’s hold is full
of treasures buried,
time has swept tidal sands
over stories never told.

© 2000 CM Bailey



[This message has been edited by Corinne (edited 12-18-2000).]

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SEA
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Corinne~  

I LOVE THIS!!!   Definately a favorite for my library! Oh.....tears to my eyes...I need to get to the coast...........thank you for this!   -SEA

Poeminister
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2 posted 2000-12-18 12:07 PM


Corinne--
Excellent writing.  Enjoyed the read.

Poeminister

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CocoBaci
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3 posted 2000-12-18 12:23 PM


Silent evenings broken
call of gulls, creak of masts,
unfurled sodden sails
in the absence of day
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Corrine, this is fabulous and the imagery weaved in the verse is ohhhh sooo beautiful...
Thanks for the delightful read...
coco



Parker
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4 posted 2000-12-18 12:50 PM


Corinne sweet poet back to the sea are you. Very nice your making me home sick for the coast... and past loves  

Parker

Corinne
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5 posted 2000-12-18 02:44 PM


Thank you, SEA! I'm gald you enjoyed!  I miss the sea too!

Poeminister, thanks!

Cocobaci, thank you!

Thank you, Parker, for the sweet words!

Corinne

Wilfred Yeats
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6 posted 2000-12-18 04:57 PM


Who better could I choose to emulate than you - My word pictures pale by comparison with yours - but I'll keep trying
Irish Rose
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7 posted 2000-12-18 08:27 PM


This is enchanting, Corinne.

"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day,
so I never have to live without you."

Winnie the Pooh



Corinne
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8 posted 2000-12-18 10:22 PM


Wilfred, you are too kind, thank you very much!


Thanks, Irish Rose!

Corinne

kindasorta
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9 posted 2000-12-18 11:05 PM


Wow! My, the catch of day? a keeper for me, for sure! for sure!  
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10 posted 2000-12-18 11:23 PM


Corinne~
Here I was - just trolling along
and got caught in the net of this beauty.

Way to reel 'em in, fisherlady !

The imagery is fascinating.
~*Marge*~



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John R
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11 posted 2000-12-18 11:56 PM


Enjoyed your imagery in this. Nice read.

If a dream touches us, it exists to us as anything else that touches us.
John


Corinne
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12 posted 2000-12-19 03:50 PM


Thank you kindly, Kindasorta, Marge and JohnR!

Corinne

Denise
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13 posted 2000-12-20 09:11 PM


Fabulous writing, Corinne! You always paint beautiful pictures with your words!

Denise

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