"Life is the dancer and you are the dance."
— Eckhart Tolle

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

"Set Sail" we write poems #39-bucket list

I have floated along an edge in life
living, learning and observing
But before I die …


I want to sail through the Strait of Gibraltar
Feel smoothness of teak on a galley floor,
chrome railings, ropes coiled in piles on a deck
Raise sails, a spinnaker pushing 
on a blue draw of sleeves,
rising up, crashing on the hull
Hold the helm of direction, set the course
Swim, reaching, wide strokes,
creating glistening, musky droplets
falling all around  
Find the sun as it descends  
Listen to guitars in the night
Spain or Moroccan shores
Posted by flaubert at 2:41 AM

24 comments:

  1. ireneFebruary 2, 2011 at 4:05 AM

    A lovely nautical dream, Pamela. I like the tactile quality too.

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  2. MaryFebruary 2, 2011 at 6:41 AM

    This is a beautiful poem, Pam, with a dreamlike quality. Your words set the scene so well. It is one that D, another lover of sailing, would definitely relate to and identify with!

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2011 at 8:08 AM

    Please may I join your dream world, Pamela - it is so enticing.

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  4. ElizabethFebruary 2, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    Oh, I want to come too. You made it so real, so very enticing. Thank you,

    Elizabeth

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  5. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis HallFebruary 2, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    lovely and fantastic world to be in.
    cheers.
    :)

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2011 at 9:58 AM

    Nice dream.

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  7. flaubertFebruary 2, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    Irene thanks and it is a dream of mine.

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  8. flaubertFebruary 2, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    Mary, I have been around sailboats most of my
    life. Having lived on Long Island and in Florida.
    It is my dream, but first I would have to buy
    a suitcase of dramamine for my husband:)
    Unless he wouldn't mind me finding a salty dog
    to accompany me;)ha!

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  9. flaubertFebruary 2, 2011 at 11:42 AM

    Viv, you may join at any time:)

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  10. flaubertFebruary 2, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    Pack your handbags Elizabeth:)

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  11. flaubertFebruary 2, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    It is a wonderful dream Jingle.

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  12. flaubertFebruary 2, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    Thanks Danny. A dream it is.

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  13. Joseph HarkerFebruary 2, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    I've sailed (well, ferried) through the Strait of Gibraltar. I like your version of it much much better. Go for it. :)

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  14. RJ ClarkenFebruary 2, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    I've sailed too, but only off the Northeastern coast of the US. I love your take on this bucket list sail. Dreamy.

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  15. flaubertFebruary 2, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    Joseph, you are lucky for that, I would prefer the sailboat, but I could settle for the ferry.
    I have sailed on the NE coast and the Gulf
    of Mexico. I really miss it.
    Anything is possible:)

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  16. flaubertFebruary 2, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    RJ Me too, having lived on Long Island.
    But the Strait of Gibraltar is so enticing.
    Do you know where they sell cases of dramamine?
    That would be for the husband:)
    I am sure it is one of the reasons he likes
    living inland. No chance of me dragging him
    on a boat. (lakes don't count)

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  17. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2011 at 7:40 AM

    This is just beautiful!

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  18. gautami tripathyFebruary 3, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    May you live that dream...


    uneven

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  19. Francis MorilaoFebruary 3, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    i can feel the longing… thanks for visiting my blog Pamela and I put you on my blogroll…

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  20. flaubertFebruary 3, 2011 at 6:39 PM

    Thanks Jeanne.

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  21. flaubertFebruary 3, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    I am working on it Gautami:)

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  22. flaubertFebruary 3, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    No, problem Psalmist.

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  23. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2011 at 8:37 AM

    That is beautiful, and an absolutely wonderful thing to have on one's bucket list. Now you got me wanting to go find some nice shores and an ocean, although good luck doing that in frozen Ohio. :)

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  24. flaubertFebruary 4, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    Nicole, we should all do something that we dream
    of before we die. Not that I plan on going soon.

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