Land lubber

Cherry

By celticman

Sat, 10 Jan 2015
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7 comments
 

Only the sea contains the sea

Laws of sensation

Balance on moon beams

Light burning in the turn

Roll and crest and crown

Crop of water healing below

Love, life, dearth – flux

Spread of splendour

Help of hell with no handbook

Ocean’s calm

Just wait

Tomorrow has no claim

Flung asunder

Second-by-second frame

Leaves wife and child

On dry land

Tears roll in.

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Comments

Submitted by celticman on

cheers noo. 

 

Submitted by Bee on

Beautiful ending. The whole thing has a rolling feel like tides.

Bee

Submitted by celticman on

cheers bee us landlubbers got to stick together.

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi CM

I really like this poem. "Laws of sensation balance on moon beams" that's so beautiful and original.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by celticman on

appreciate you looking in jean, thanks. 

 

Submitted by Sooz006 on

I love the first line of this. It's like a huge great truth. I can hear a preacher screaming it, or the queen declaring it, and if that's true, what else only contains what it says on the tin? The coffee jar only contains coffe, that's so profound. But then think about an empty Roses tin, that can contain all kinds of shit... I've spoken to Nemo, he contests your philosophising.

 

Another great poem, you're getting good at this, old son.  But don't leave us for the dark side, we need your prose to the bitter end.

 

Submitted by celticman on

Prose is my game sooz, poetic voice a ruse, for us land-lubbers to keep it real, sometimes short words are how I feel.