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All At Sea

Oh how I wish I wasn’t me, Buta glorious master of the sea, Whose sails have caught a steady wind but I've dropped anchor for I have sinned Judgement now must soon be cast, Much longer here I may not last, As sky and sea start to encroach Clouds build and gather In dark reproach. I turn my gaze at human kind So much to love in them I find. Deftly around the rocks they steer Helping the ones that stray too near. As do the souls that pass me by, they fear my death and so they try; They do not know, they cannot see The anchor’s lodged in the soul of me

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Date: 9/17/2023 7:24:00 PM
Glad I found this :) quite lovely.
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Date: 9/8/2020 2:32:00 PM
Darkly meaningful. Nice crafting, Tansy. Write on, please! Thanks, Gershon
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Date: 9/6/2020 2:03:00 PM
Nicely done Tansy--I like the ending.
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Date: 9/6/2020 4:48:00 AM
Hi Tansy, I think the meter is much better in this rewrite, the poem has a really nice flow to it. Nicely done my friend. Hugs, john
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Tansy Roekaerts
Date: 9/6/2020 5:52:00 AM
Really value your input. It's so hard to judge one's own work. From now on I will work on my poems
Date: 9/6/2020 4:30:00 AM
Deep poetry and good use of metaphor.. I wrote about the sea also today... You write very well..
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Tansy Roekaerts
Date: 9/6/2020 5:56:00 AM
Thank you. I wS actively trying use metaphor in my poems, so to say that my attempt was good, means I succeeded in my goal. Now I need to work on imagery...

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