Alastair, the Sailor
...There is a guy I know
who hails from sunny Brazil ~
Sea stories he loves to tell
of his many years as a merchant seaman
before deciding to become an architect
But those are days long gone,
my...
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Categories:
alastair, age, friend, life, sea,
Form: Free verse
Alastair Monday
...Alastair Monday
You were profoundly anti-social
Just a board hoping
investing in autumns hopes
While wearing winters coat
Developing dreams far away
Only he believes in prayer
You grew up
In ...
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Categories:
alastair, adventure, allusion, celebrity, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
What There Is To Be Said of Home
...from: "Me to You", by Alastair Reid
"...write me about the weather.
Perhaps
a letter across water,
something like this, but better,
would almost take us strangely
closer to home.
Write, ...
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Categories:
alastair, angst, depression, introspection, music,
Form: Free verse