Neptunian NomadsA Poem by Pratik
"Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.” ~ Lord Tennyson (in The Charge of the Light Brigade) Part 1 The last rays of the lilac sky flushed In tufts of brunet mare’s tail, “Hark! My seamen hark!” It’s time my men to take your oars, Propel those fluttering sails!” Gothic depths churned by Plutonian powers, In multitudes, the troughs and crests escalate And roused in a labyrinth of thousand waterways, Do we cower in clammy cabins of the wooden barrel? “Never captain! Never! ” The sons of Neptune whoop “We will humble the ocean’s monstrous fray” Our quaint homes vacant on pristine shores, Our quest to devour the exotic unknowns Masqueraded in the globe’s galactic alleys, Monsters of Loch Ness, or the deep sea chimeras, We know no fear, nor cajoled are we By the siren’s carnal hymns, From Blackpool to Bali is our maiden’s sojourn, The hem of her frothy trail chaperoned By the bluejacket hearts cast in bronze. Part 2 In silken veils of the after dark Gleams the withered aurora of faraway minarets, Mosaic tunes ringing in acrid air Of mermaid wails and carillon dongs, The drifting stares at the lands end And tendrils of surf yank in crestfallen curls Surmises of lost possessions. Feathery murmurs of cocooned voice In spiral motions of cognizance Rumbles of the lofty days of folklore tales Braided in granny’s Cornwall cottage Her sumptuous meals of oyster soups Tickles my wasted hunger, Thrusting myself at the outskirts Of my sailing entourage. Alas! the vision’s grace is molded On eroded shoals of England’s vanishing coastline, I see my clouded clairvoyance Escape in the Atlantic mirth. © 2012 PratikAuthor's Note
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Added on February 12, 2012Last Updated on September 24, 2012 AuthorPratikRaleigh, NCAboutHello! I am Pratik Mukherjee from Calcutta, India - the city of Mother Teresa and the famous poet Tagore. My pen name is Aaran, a variant of the word 'Aran' and derived from the Aran Islands, a gro.. more..Writing
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