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RMW
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since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

0 posted 2002-05-23 02:50 PM

Snug

The eyebrows of most folks, when I mention
that my residence floats
in the third to the last slip from the dock's end,
scrunch a bit,
and then their voice sort of evaporates
like fog when the sun first catches it.
That's okay I guess, though once, just once
it would be nice if they would look
at how she sits, her hull all white
as though a gull about to lift from the harbor.
Flight, which is much of what a sloop is all about,
has always packed the wonder of expanse
into tight places. "Cockpit", for example,
applies to both an aircraft and a sailboat.
Well, enough of this. All I know
is how it feels, on a cold, damp night
to step through the hatch and downward
climb beneath the waterline. Nothing beats
keeping dry in a close space when the weather
makes up.

RMW

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

1 posted 2002-05-23 02:55 PM

That last thread you used to tie this up tight to the dock of poets...a Keeper!

Skyfire

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since 2000-12-27

Posts 3381
Riding

2 posted 2002-05-23 03:04 PM

Ooohh, I like!

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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3 posted 2002-05-23 03:42 PM

Ahhh, lovely I'll bet it would be, tied to the slip, cozy.

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

4 posted 2002-05-23 03:51 PM

Never any need to rock you to sleep. Ah the peacefulness of it all....I'm raising my eyebrows with jealousy that's all!
Good write!

RMW
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since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

5 posted 2002-05-23 03:55 PM

Sunshine, Skyfire, Martie and Ethome .... thanks, all, for commenting. I appreciate the encouragement, truly. Bob

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

6 posted 2002-05-23 04:24 PM

my eyebrows would not scrunch..but the corner of my lips would turn up...

nicely done
*s
M

Sven

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since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

7 posted 2002-05-23 04:26 PM

I would indeed be envious Sir. . .

well done. . .

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Christopher

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-02

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Purgatorial Incarceration

8 posted 2002-05-23 05:31 PM

i AM envious - i've always thought it would be cool to live on the water... interesting association drawn between flight and float. like this.

RMW
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since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

9 posted 2002-05-23 05:36 PM

M ... smiling. Thank you.

Sven ... as always, you are there (here) with support.

Christopher ... Thank you for noting the flight / float.

.....Thanks, all. Bob

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

10 posted 2002-05-23 06:29 PM

Bob, the title caught my eye...love that word, 'snug'.

Then I read your post and had a flood of memories of when I lived almost always aboard our cruiser years ago.

Love this...may I ask...and this is a favourite question of mine to boat owners...
what is her name?

Wondeful dreamy write...Snug...yes!
~Hugs, Nancy~

RMW
Senior Member

since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

11 posted 2002-05-23 06:36 PM

Nancy,

"Turtle Dove" ...... thank you, I'm sure. Bob

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