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Three Ships

As I walked near the sea one day out of a summer sky came three sailing ships with billowed sails so silently on high they floated in the quietness of that June afternoon not a sound did they make as onto a gentle bed of ocean they did alight greeting the white caps that danced in their presence as a trembling blue sea wrapped its arms around their heaving hulls that sailed off into a western sky - listing gently, they sighed on a watery voyage towards a unknown horizon and cupping my hands to my brow I watched as they became specks in the distance engulfed by a fiery sunset of a disappearing day..

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Date: 7/20/2009 12:10:00 PM
You have painted a lovely picture of ships heading into the horizon>>James
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Date: 4/9/2009 11:48:00 AM
peaceful poetry, nice! jmg ...must fav your name! jmg
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Date: 1/16/2009 10:20:00 AM
Crystal clear imagery on a beautiful day, by the always magnificent and breathtaking sea. Your poetry excels. This was so delightful to read. Love, Shar
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Date: 1/15/2009 8:47:00 AM
A sight like this takes the mind to a million different lands....wondering and exploring the imagination...where are those ships heading, and what would it be like to be on one? Lovely poem, Valerie...the serenity and the scene it portrays. ~ Love, Carrie
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