Tyne _ Built Ship 1968

TYNE - BUILT    SHIP    1968

Gigantic steel  behemoth
Sitting on the ways greased
And ready to give it birth,
Ten-storey-high  street-darkener,
Rusted and immobile  -

Once launched in silent swish
And cheered by a thousand voices,
Transformed to marine elegance,
And slimmed by the vastness 
Of the endless ocean  -

She moves easily in her element,
Dolphin and whale at the same time.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Culverhouse Avatar
October 20, 2010 at 5:53 AM
enjoyed reading 1968 is a great year!
Coulstock Avatar
October 19, 2010 at 1:15 PM
Hi Sydney. This is wonderful. I feel through your words you have given life and magnificence to your ship.Also.I love the way you finished giving comparison to two of our beautiful mammals of the sea.Using relatively few words you have managed to convey so much in such a skilful way. I did enjoy this. Thank you. luv June
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