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Open Poetry #21

A Burnt Ship

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

0 posted 2002-07-16 07:45 AM

Flame doth leap,
Catching canvas clawing sky,
Men doth leap,
To sea drowning rather burn,
In water
Watching the ship first to die,
In fire,
Quenching consumption it yearns,
In darkness
Slipping in tears they will drown,
Till stillness
Swallows all in oceans sound.

Gloom
Via inspiration of
A Burnt Ship by John Donne 1572 to 1631
~    Out of a fired ship, which by no way
~    But drowning could be rescued from the flame,
~    Some men leap'd forth, and ever as they came
~    Near the foes' ships, did by their shot decay;
~    So all were lost, which in the ship were found,
~         They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drown'd.

[This message has been edited by Professor Gloom (07-16-2002 07:47 AM).]

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

1 posted 2002-07-16 10:31 AM

makes me think sometimes no matter which choice one makes, they can't win...some days, like today, I feel that way.

You are always able to take and twist a poem to become your own.

Nicely done
M

Elan
Member

since 2002-05-03

Posts 382
State of Wide Eye

2 posted 2002-07-16 01:29 PM

Bravo, Professor...well done!

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