Shoreside Lament

Shoreside Lament

A Poem by JohnL
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The hopes and fears of the sailor's wife or lover as he sails away - and will it happen in every port???

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Shoreside Lament
 
Hull down, Sailor Boy,
Sailing from my loneliness.
Some day: ship come home?

© 2008 JohnL


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I liked it. Short and sweet.

Posted 16 Years Ago



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JohnL
JohnL

Wirral Peninsula, United Kingdom



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I live in England, and love the English countryside, the music of Elgar and Holst which describes it so beautifully and the poetry of John Clare, the 'peasant poet' and Gerard Manley Hopkins, which d.. more..

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