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The Sailor, The Prince and The Poet.
Contributed by
Euryon
on
Wednesday, 9th October 2002 @ 02:00:00 PM in AEST
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The Sailor, The Prince and The Poet
In the galley they sat
The last three awake,
Cursing and blessing
To the roar of the waves.
The first he breathes the air
Of Poseidon, but prays he
To the fisher-king, the fisher-king.
To hope, above all, for a calm sea.
In his eyes, reflection of toil and work,
His life has been cruel and hard,
That dry-wet mottles his mind,
"And I", says he, "Claim this dark card."
Black, its first, spurts from his paw,
Aghast his companions digits withdraw.
Gibbous in greed, the mirror glows
Down on the trio, lighting their eyes
In pale green shades, as the sea churns,
For gold or tedium, many men would die.
The second, his age long passed,
Never to be so high, but always to seek
For the bastard Brother, the bastard Brother,
His gold and silk he hath given to each.
Those hardened jewels are in and on
His hands, a beggars chance he has
Maybe, not with skill, but with wealth.
"I'll up you both", he cries, "One hundred to raise!".
His Brother is cast, glistened in blood,
As if this man was cutting his brood.
Ancient and cold, Methusulah shifts
Her deepest claws - her highest crags,
One and all despair to the moon,
But such violence at once is lapsed.
The third of the three, rhymer, jester
And Gent. His hands as quick as his word
And as dangerous they are now.
Beneath his brow form a thousand swords.
Fingers dance upon a papered edge,
Questioning war or love, the wordsmith's
Dilemma, he would have you believe.
"Then have them both!", his words, "Life and death!"
The bloodied pulp below the thieves mace,
Above all the two eyes of love and hate.
Copyright ©
Euryon
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2002-10-09 14:00:00]
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Re: The Sailor, The Prince and The Poet.
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by Lia on
Wednesday, 9th October 2002 @ 02:07:54 PM AEST
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| what a story this tells!!!! |
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Re: The Sailor, The Prince and The Poet.
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by Daniela_Maria_Violin on
Wednesday, 9th October 2002 @ 11:05:41 PM AEST
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I love this... I think I've read it before... were you on the old site?
Great write, great story!
Daniela |
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Re: The Sailor, The Prince and The Poet.
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by Euryon on
Thursday, 10th October 2002 @ 02:48:29 AM AEST
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yeah i posted it on the old site
thanks for the comments ;) |
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Re: The Sailor, The Prince and The Poet.
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by mckayla on
Friday, 17th January 2003 @ 07:31:14 PM AEST
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wonderful write!! I hope you write more!
mckayla |
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Re: The Sailor, The Prince and The Poet.
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by tease_whizz on
Friday, 2nd May 2003 @ 10:03:21 AM AEST
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i really like this - a strong, powerful write. you can tell you're a philosophy student (i'm starting a philosophy degree next year, yay)
anyway, excellent poem - welcome to ypdc, hope to read more of your work soon, Kate x |
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