Commentary and Philosophy Poetry posted October 11, 2018 Chapters:  ...7 8 -9- 10... 


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A chapter in the book Free Verse Collection 2

Forever at Sail

by michaelcahill

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                      Free of my moorings!


this old barnacle-jeweled bedazzler
           once ghosting the mist
                         silent of tales
    as even the moon ignored me
        in favour of star reflections
            in phantom dance
 

unworthy of a roaring scuttle
     perhaps a ghostly rumour
                   or two
    a shimmer 'neath the wave
            to spark a yarn
            an amusing briny teaser
            to please a crowd imbibed
 

long have I strained against
these gnarly knots--
monkey fist, rolling hitch
the slippery eight loop
 

I suppose they tired of tying


thought me tamed
or of no consequence
                      unseaworthy …
 

the ropes frayed
 

   and snapped
 

no one noticed
until the horizon
became my canvas
 

perhaps too tasking for them
perhaps no matter in any case
 

               do I                drift?


"not a worthy endeavor to enjoin ..."
 

so, no, you might say
        for such is your view
             from the shore
                       where I leave you wondering
 

this kind mistress …
    asks no questions
          and answers none
she takes me
                and I go
 

will is a foolish thing
          when it matters not
 

the tide is the tide
ancient
     as you considered me
 

so long I remained tethered
measuring time
pondering time
fretting time
          when time cannot be measured
 

time occurs in moments
this moment
moments past
and ones to come
            they have no span
 

riding a tsunami
sails unfurled
      cast to the sky in flight
           into the heart of the milky way


sailing on, ever on
 

a nova's blast
  whisking me through
      galaxies unknown
          sails aflame, unburning
 

and moments to come
moments beyond thought
 

         never again safely moored
 

                                 forever at sail ...



 

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Writing Prompt
Write a free verse poem on any topic as long as it is related to a body of water, sea, ocean, lake, river etc. This includes sailing, diving, swimming, submarines, battleships, surfing or whatever else one might do on or in the water. OR just write about the bodies of water themselves.

NO, I don't want anything clever like an icecube or a glass of water. I don't want the human body because it's 70 percent water. Nothing stretching the theme. Actual bodies of water PLEASE. Hey, I understand, I go off the deep end myself. LOL

Presentation is entirely up to you.

Remember, FREE VERSE. No rhyming patterns or forms please. YES, you may have a lot of rhyme and poetic devices, just NO PATTERNS.
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Scuttle: To "scuttle" a ship is to poke a hole or holes in its hull, thus causing it to sink.

monkey fist, rolling hitch, the slippery eight loop-- various sailor's knots.

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