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* For Mary Kathleen Lessard Caithness *

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cast tie-lines to shadowy depths above
          meteors to plunge the ocean of suns
               kick off - tally-ho! from the pier of known
     a scoundrel's nod to the skull and bone

vast skies uncharted now beckon ahead
          a dusk of dreams splashed yellow and red
               naught but astounding, the adventures be
     an endless sojourn 'cross a sparkling sea

the sky-palette waits for a score of tales
          come a warm solar wind to puff the sails
               all worries and why's now, abaft the beam!
     set our course due for a foolish dream!

a celestial tempest to bend the jack
          to his tasking a-hold the kicking strap
               stem the tide, aye, mind the moonbeam drift
     spread her wings wide and give her lift

the sextant's now set to the Milky Way
          (we'll grave her clean on a windless day)
               to port side, a wink from the Seven Sisters
     off starboard, the gleam of nebulous vistas

we sunder the clouds with our wake of mist
          now dark matter deep and heaven-kissed
               tossed by the waves through a sea of night
     we gasp for the void, yet we drown in light

our spirits denuded and paean-versed
          we dare constellations to do their worst
               for now we all pull to the labor at hand
     to chart the expanse of this boundless land

at the bidding and mercy of a rapturous breeze
          three prayers for fair winds and following seas
               'til our hearts are sated and our marrow torn
     and we drop our anchor there, worry-worn …

on the sands of time, we'll commend our dance
          and return our dust ... to the great expanse.






~ 1st Place ~  in the "Sky" Poetry Contest, Anthony Slausen, Sponsor.

~ 1st Place ~  in the "Best Rhyming Poem 2018" Poetry Contest, John Hamilton, Sponsor.

~ Poem of the Day ~  at Poetry Soup.com, awarded February 1, 2018.
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