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Labour of Love- Caribbean Style

((( Sailor Sail your boat Sun's rising ~ on the sea Set your sails Winds blowing easterly Cast your nets to fish Pack your catch and go Your woman’s waiting home To feed the family )))

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Date: 12/30/2017 10:22:00 PM
Well, this poetry took me back to the Antilles for a few welcome moments.....thank you Michael!!! :)
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Arturo Michael
Date: 12/31/2017 1:10:00 AM
Yes, it's a different vibration...time and space...All the best Elle to you and yours for 2018
Date: 11/5/2017 7:13:00 PM
Ahoy my friend Arturo! Such a splendid write with beautiful imagery in your lovely flowing lines. A breezy pleasure to read mon ami. Have a fantastic evening... Hugs!
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Arturo Michael
Date: 11/5/2017 7:41:00 PM
Bonsoir Susan...By now you know I like to mix it up... This is Caribbean folk... then again my version of it... This may be a little difficult for some poets to relate to...because it has that lullaby style... All the best to you my dear friend...I appreciate you a lot
Date: 11/5/2017 3:42:00 PM
Fried or grilled fish for the evening meal..Enjoyed reading this one..This is one that my mother taught me when I was young..Fishy, fishy in the brook..Daddy caught him with a hook..Momma cooked him in the pan..And I ate him like a man..Sara
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Arturo Michael
Date: 11/5/2017 4:17:00 PM
Ha ha ha...You have the idea...this is similar...Lovely to see you...All the best Sara
Date: 11/5/2017 11:28:00 AM
I rather enjoyed this little poem, Michael...when I have more time I will take a longer look at your work. My best regards! :) john
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Arturo Michael
Date: 11/5/2017 11:41:00 AM
Thank you, John...Be my guest...All the best to you
Date: 11/5/2017 9:22:00 AM
Quite uplifting, in recognition of labor, and urging for care of family--well written, Arturo!
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Arturo Michael
Date: 11/5/2017 9:31:00 AM
A little Caribbean ditty... totally correct...if you want to be a man... then do the job at hand... Thanks for passing by Vijay
Date: 11/5/2017 9:15:00 AM
Excellent verse Arturo...im getting a couple meanings
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Arturo Michael
Date: 11/5/2017 9:35:00 AM
Hi Tim... It is really a Caribbean poem, but you are right...it underlines many aspects of life...Thanks for passing by...A wonderful day to you and yours

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