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RMW
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since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

0 posted 2002-06-06 02:55 PM

Rounding Cape Horn

Barefoot rain upon the roof;
a ceiling, low, sloped just enough
to make thought stoop
into the book
and help me sense a ship's environment;
a reading lamp of brass and type
reminiscent of that which made lantern light
dance below deck; purple port in a decanter;
upon the wall, a round barometer
stuck, tonight, upon the CHANGE
as if to torment middle age; wind,
not soft like sales exuding sex
from between the covers of yacht brochures,
but thumping loud
like swells banging aginst a hull
in protest.

RMW

[This message has been edited by RMW (06-06-2002 03:11 PM).]

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2002-06-06 03:15 PM

RMW,
I just roll over and go back to sleep. Enjoyed.

Sunshine

Administrator

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2002-06-06 03:28 PM

I feel I know the slipping
drift of this sail into unchartered
waters...

Excellent, Robert, most excellent...

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

3 posted 2002-06-06 03:46 PM

Robert
I love the atmosphere you put into your poems. This is deep and familiar to my own soul. These excursions into the depth of your imagination are wonderful!
He he, yes, a long way from the sales of sex in a travel brochure.

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

4 posted 2002-06-06 04:10 PM

Bob, I thought it most interesting that you chose the most difficult passage on the 7 seas. Barometer stuck on change ... thought provoking, indeed

As usual, I love it!
Semper Fi

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

5 posted 2002-06-06 04:24 PM

change. . . is in the air. . .

well done Bob. . .

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Tiersdin
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since 2000-11-17

Posts 2364
east coast

6 posted 2002-06-06 05:29 PM

good read, Robert...

~R.T.

"I shall never bond again, as I have bonded with you..."

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

7 posted 2002-06-06 06:32 PM

Subtle, moving...a poem of curious grace.

Thank you for it...got to rush off and recommend it to a ship-loving friend of mind...

K

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

8 posted 2002-06-06 06:36 PM

Bob

I like what Severn said..."curious grace"..seems so appropriate. You mixed some rhyme in, that made me smile. Much enjoyed this!

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

9 posted 2002-06-06 07:51 PM

Bob~

"Watch your head," you said...
As I stepped aboard your yacht.
I took care
Not to hurt my head...
It was my heart
I forgot to watch.

~Hugs, Nancy~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

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