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Our regiment has formed on the length of your coast, Each battalion is ready to go, And the artillery is set to launch by tonight, And sweep everything below, In the dark of your hour, when no one will know, Our death ray will light all you see, And your ships will be tossed in an invincible swell, Past the jetty, the dock and the quay, And we’ll battle all night, against impossible might, We’ll break every surge, every wave, With our one war to win, our fight to triumph, Each ship is our task to save. Last night, tonight and every other night, We battle against all of the odds, And we beat Poseidon, at his own little game, We win in our battle with gods.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 12/27/2017 11:52:00 AM
The battle goes on Lewis. At the end, it is not who won but who deserves the blessed sleep.
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Date: 12/26/2017 3:49:00 AM
Amazing poetry with wonderful rhyme, rhythm and good flowing of ideas and feelings. There is a known theme in literature so called ”The fight with the angel”, with the meaning that authors may re-construe the world with poetical means, may make it a little better or choose the luminous way. I also have a modest attempt about an old movie (Rainmaker): The man who brings rain
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Date: 12/22/2017 5:26:00 AM
Just found this Lewis! Awesome personification!! I love lighthouses :)
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Lewis Raynes
Date: 1/4/2018 10:05:00 AM
Thanku Judy, glad u liked this old lighthouse :)
Date: 12/18/2017 9:14:00 PM
This is awesome Lewis! :) reminds me of Robert Service, a fave of mine. xomo!
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Lewis Raynes
Date: 12/18/2017 10:44:00 PM
Yep, just hot everywhere on the farm today
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Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/18/2017 9:37:00 PM
That's crazy :) Is that a dry heat?
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Lewis Raynes
Date: 12/18/2017 9:18:00 PM
Thanks Maureen, today it's 43 deg C and its too hot in the shade even.... i long to be near the ocean... tonight.

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