She sailed the seas
forty years of storm and swell
now motionless on the beach
Children on her decks
sailing on the seven seas
Aye Aye Capt'n still rings out
Andrew Hide
28~02~2004
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Written February 27th, 2004
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This is lovely. I love the abstract type painting of a ship at sea or perhaps at rest as your boarder to the left here.
This work reminds me of Noah's Ark. I guess the forty years, ring in a biblical meaning for me. I thought it was 40 days, but I am not the most accurate on all the stories of the Bible. I do believe in Him, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Enjoyed this brought forth my spiritual side. And I need to go there more often...
Blessings and *stomps -
Adventurous, creative
This poem brough back many wonderful memories. I grew up on small islands, and I played on the beach all year round. Treasure Island was my favorite story, with pirates and ships. Thanks for the awesome poem! -
Thankyou Tina, I wish I could make my own BG's, these ones come from 'Backgrounds by Marie' not a big site, but the ones they do have are very good. This is the direct page for the scenic set. www.artistic-designers.com/bkgds/scenicsets.html
Andrew
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Good stuff Mr. Hide. One question though, where do you get your nifty backgrounds? Do you make them yourself?
I love the sedoka. I am not really familiar with the form but it appears as if you have done really well with this one.
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excellent
This poem was so evocative for me. It brought back my childhood. In our playpark at Ft. Lee Virginia, there was an old bomber jet that had been stripped of its engine and permanently afixed to a concrete slab. I spent many hours with my friends, pretending we were sailing the clouds inside that plane. I remember thinking that the plane liked us coming...to give her a chance to fly again the only way she could now...lifted by our imaginations. I feel as if you took that childhood memory and those thoughts of mine, and made this poem from them. Thanks so very much for sharing this very evocative poem.
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I enjoyed this, kind of tells a tale of a voyage of a woman not yet called to the harbour. Well done Mr Hide
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Interesting story evoked many pleasant childhood memories , why is it that adults always end up shipwrecked
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Wonderful Haiku. Painted a pleasant picture.
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Andrew.A nice word picture you paint.A better future than that of World War 2 Liberty and Victory ships which were mothballed for future use,achored in rivers.and filled with grain.Floating silos.I crossed the Atlantic in a Liberty ship
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Excellent
Hi Andrew:
That is neat. I remember those day of being or wanting to be the Captain on the deck of my ship in the desert. Don't have much beach in Arizona where I grew up, so we had to pretend that California slid off and that our ship would sail when the Pacific came close enough. Sword fights galore to see which Pirate was best. Thanks for bringing back old memories. Not familiar with the term Sedoka, maybe you could IM me the perameters for a Sedoka. Thanks. Bill -
I remember how much more fun my uncles little dingy wa pulled up on the shore than actually ou on the water. We didn't have to sit still in the yard... Many a treasure was sought from the bow of that lttle craft. Thank you for the trip down memory lane...susan
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