Blessed be
they who with
eyes on the horizon
set out past sight of landfall
The sea she is a cranky mistress
her compass free spinning
when passing ruins
of ship`wreck
treasures
And Woe
to any sailor
who turns when seeing
a mermaid upon her rock
singing through glistening lips
songs to melt Ahab’s heart
None ever returns from
Davy’s Locker
to tell it
“And I never started to plow in my life
That some one did not stop in the road
And take me away to a dance or picnic” ~ Edgar Lee Masters
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‘No man, having put his hand to the plough, and turning back, is fit for the Kingdom of God’. Keep looking ahead, and writing your great poetry
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Thank you for the wisdom . . .
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straight from the Bible
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no need to turn if one equips the cockpit with a rear view mirror
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