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professor
professor
Oct 08, 2008 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Midnight sea

Midnight, sea lapping at my feet,

ink shining in palid moon-streams,

the night-scape sparkling, bitter-sweet

remembrance of brighter star-beams,

when I had shared their thousand eyes

in times of youthful, cloudless skies.

 

Wind teasing me with rippled calm

that dares each traveller venture deep

beyond life’s soft-shelled, sandy balm

which keeps doubts safe in gritted sleep

and dreams that our tomorrow turns

the tides of yesterday’s concerns.

 

They say moon-gazing drives men mad,

but I have seen too many sane

whose light was spent before they had

the strength to twist their minds in pain,

or lose their grip in clinging sand

that sucks each step upon life’s strand.   


— professor, Oct 08, 2008

About This Poem

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Region, Country: China/Sichuan/Chengdu, CHN

Favorite Poets: Yeats, Elliot, Auden, Keats, Shelley, Byron

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infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

17 years 8 months ago

Keith

Nice, smooth flow to this, I agree. I really liked the closing stanza. Ain't nothin' wrong with staring up at the night sky every now and again. Makes you humble, and realise what an insignificant speck you are. (not you, personally, just saying in general) ~Jess K. ---------------------------------------------------- - "Everyone needs to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer!" - "Due to budget cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off."
Janice Pearce

Janice Pearce

17 years 8 months ago

Keith

Beautiful words here prof, I especially loved the last stanza! "There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you." Will Rogers
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pinksheep

17 years 8 months ago

That

picture, gritted sleep that tortuous illustration in this rhythmical work, need i say more, can i say anything more as powerful-NO i can not-my regards
Electric Blue

Electric Blue

17 years 7 months ago

Midnight Sea

Hi Keith This place i know and have wandered there. Very soulfull my friend. Full of longing. electricblue
Electric Blue

Electric Blue

17 years 3 months ago

Midnight Sea

keith I agree I am not afraid to risk everything I have no doubt of what I want where I want to be and with whom. To me it is not a risk. Electric Blue
Electric Blue

Electric Blue

17 years 3 months ago

Midnight Sea

Keith I am not afraid of risking anything and everything. For me there is no risk as I have no doubt of where I want to be with whom I want to be. For me it is where I am meant to be as I am there 24/7. My heart mind body and soul are already there in this life and the next. Electric Blue I would and will be there in a heartbeat.
professor

professor

17 years 3 months ago

Good for you Maggie

You deserve to achieve all that you want and i wish you all the luck in the world. Keith
NE

NEW ERA

17 years 3 months ago

WANT TO BE THERE

I've grown up by the ocean and you capture the feeling of really being there writing and looking at the moon. It really is a nice read and the subject isn't lost. I wish it was a little longer though otherwise i realy enjoy it. Love Cathy
professor

professor

17 years 2 months ago

Thanks for the comments

Cathy. I have lived for a couple of periods of my life next to the ocean and i always loved it. Sorry you wanted it to be longer but that was just the way it came out on this occasion lol Keith
Debra Bryant

Debra Bryant

17 years 3 months ago

Professor,

Very good rhyming and flow. I can't say that I have a favorite line or verse, they are all beautiful. Congratulations on being in evolution. Sincerely~ Debbie