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Jellybean King
Member

since 2001-03-07

Posts 153
Jelly, Bean

0 posted 2001-03-26 05:54 PM

How deep she dives
I do not know for certain
Only know that she
Must surface
From time
To time
And breathe

Her size and power
Could rule the oceans
If she desired
Yet, her gentle spirit
Does not allow it
It is foreign to her
As the harpoon

Hunted by cunning, willpower
Handmade tools, and
Seal skin canoes
She is my mother
Worthy of respect
More than my own
Her meat and bones
Become a part of me
And I
A part of her

Know then
What you covet
Whether black gold
Whales, timber or coal
Become a part of you
And your destinies and souls
Merge forever
At the fork
In the road

Just A Woman
Senior Member

since 2001-03-10

Posts 507

1 posted 2001-03-26 06:10 PM

Ah.........outstanding ending to this, Sir Jellybean. I really liked this write.

"Often the test of courage is not to die but to live"

~Vittorio Alferi~

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

2 posted 2001-03-26 06:15 PM

very, very nice!

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

3 posted 2001-03-27 02:38 AM

Ahh, my favorite subject and a painting of the Queen of the sea done by the master himself; well done - beautiful!

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

4 posted 2001-03-27 02:43 AM

How could such a gentle soul be encased in that large body? Mysterious. Joyce

S Arthur Grey
Senior Member

since 2001-03-19

Posts 719
woven by a poet's loom

5 posted 2001-03-27 03:20 AM

"At the fok
In the road"

???

S Arthur

Whose Night is this, Mine or the Moon's?
J.E.James

Nate Dogg
Senior Member

since 1999-11-15

Posts 1658
Georgia, Fulton

6 posted 2001-03-27 02:28 PM

Beautiful writing......brilliant poem!

Nathan

RMW
Senior Member

since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

7 posted 2001-03-27 02:39 PM

Jellybean,

My, such flukes. APPLAUSE!!! Bob

thecraig
Member

since 2001-03-11

Posts 223

8 posted 2001-03-27 02:51 PM

Poem reminds me of the saying " A Task doing is worth doing right" Let the play become you, your words had a solid sense of mingling. Enjoyed reading.

doreen peri
Member Elite

since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

9 posted 2001-03-27 06:11 PM

this..... THIS..... now this is.....

POETRY

an awesome write filled with imagery, succinct in length, proper line breaks, and the emotion expressed..... i respect your writing. thank you for the read.

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