Best Adventurejourney Poems
GAGARIN AND COLUMBUS
Brave or foolhardy
He was a dreamer of voyages
Into unexplored, unknown, undiscovered country,
The first to pursue the visionary images
That few had even seen clearly.
On an odyssey in void or foam
Many followed his footsteps on
The path but did not return home;
And fell over the edge of the horizon
With no return to Ithaca’s loam.
The face of an entirely new world
Never before seen mentally or visually :
He reached over the horizon and touched
It, as his voices told him this was all folly,
With no light, no chart unfurled.
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NOTES:
(a) This poem was written to commemorate the 50 th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s
spaceflight.
(b ) Ithaca was the home of Odysseus.
(c) “voices…..folly “ is based on T S ELIOT’S lines in Journey of the Magi.
(d) Gagarin, Columbus, Odysseus, Eliot were all undertaking a journey into the unknown.
An epic love and a grand adventure,
Between this woman and this man.
It was a journey of a million miles,
And with the first step it began.
A journey that stretched over a lifetime,
And left a legacy of love behind.
Looking back at where we started,
It’s so far from where we’ve come to.
Knowing the fire and ice we’ve walked through.
And oh, the storms and winters, we have weathered.
But this love is one that will not be tethered.
But if I had known then, what I know now
There would have been no fears.
Because I’d have known we’d make it somehow.
I would have known the happiness would be worth the tears.
I would have never had a single doubt.
But it took living it, to find it out.
But I think somewhere deep down I always knew,
And I think somehow you did too.
That this was something that was meant to be.
This was the life that was purposed for you and me.
So wee took those first steps in faith, and walked the first mile.
Knowing now, that each and every step was worth while.
Because it brought us to our “Somewhere.”
And taught us the lessons in the getting there.
And oh, what a journey it has been,
And you’d better believe it, when I say I’d do it all again.
Sarah D Comstock
1-16-11
When given the choice of what road to take,
Sometimes I choose right; sometimes I mistake,
But I go forth with a smile and a laugh
On my journey down the less beaten path.
That road travelled by many before
Is the passage I most likely ignore.
I journey ahead with no directions or map
Always going forward and never turning back.
Sometimes I end up in a place unknown;
Sometimes twists and turns I’ve been thrown,
But always excitement accompanies me
On my life’s amazing journey.
This isn’t the lifestyle for the mild or the meek;
For those who need structure this journey is bleak,
But then, if this philosophy worked for everyone,
The road less travelled would be the most travelled one.
So, follow the crowd if that’s what suits you,
Perhaps we will meet up again;
I’ll take the path followed by few
Wondering where it will end.
By, Joe Flach