Adrift in a fog
far from shore/sure
Past memories
now vanishing and reappearing ghosts
breaking from the mist as slumbering spectral icebergs
dangerously submerged under a dark, cold sea
haunt me
like growlers, cast off a forgotten glacial dream
frozen echo's of past falling flakes and drops
driven by hidden collective currents
that would drown me in its black fathomless depths
silently they come
to wreck unwary ships
tearing their hull
hopelessly bilged
flooded
breaking their back
gutting their soul
only to melt again into the haze
They float adrift
unattached
over the obscure
womb of
watery depths
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Author:
sorenbarrett (
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Comments2
one of my favourite books/writers ever!
(even accounting for the unsavoury
romanticising of animal cruelty)
'Starbuck' still one of my favourite characters
that unfaltering loyalty, becoming
even more of an archaic trait
sadly
(a great write! dear Poet)
'haunt me
like growlers, cast off a forgotten glacial dream
frozen echo's of past falling flakes and drops
driven by hidden collective currents
that would drown me in its black fathomless depths'
Thanks L.B. Melville continues to be one of my favorites as does his use of metaphor. Thank you so much for your most kind comments they are most appreciated.
As a (former) sailor, I enjoy these descriptions. Very evocative.
Thank you so much for reviewing this poem of mine. So glad you enjoyed it.
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