Books

Where your heart becomes a cannon spit iron on the whale Follow him through perdition's flame then live to tell the tale

 

There is no ship quite like a book

it wanders as it may

Then takes us out amongst the waves

where gods and children play

 

To places far and wide we trek

chase hell's whale 'long the pole

Crest waves with Ahab na'er the cape

where gods may claim your soul

 

There your heart becomes a cannon

spit iron on the whale

Follow him through perdition's flame

and live to tell the tale

 

As the oarsmen all stagger back

cross themselves o’re the job

No hope to see another day

forlorn begin to sob

 

Imaginations running wild

wicked cruelty sublime
Chase your whale till you catch his tail

or till the end of time

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Author's Note

Books are the windows to the world. But more than that they traverse time itself. As they take you to Melviles time of Moby Dick. They inspire. More than that they create the world of imagination. For Ahab the White Whale was nothing to be so idealised, rather it was "...all the subtle demonisms of life and thought; all evil, to crazy Ahab, were visibly personified, and made practically assailable in Moby-Dick. He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it."
Thank You Allen Eddings for that rendition of the classic tale

Reviews

[Stacey Watts]

Books are indeed a journey. It has always been the one reason I wanted to write. I love to read and get lost into good stories. This was a wonderful poem.
Very well written.

[Katie L]

i agree with your note and i think you are right. books take you away for this world and put you in a different world. that is why i love them so much, great poem by the way

[Dizzy]

Haha I just started reading Moby Dick. But this poem is so much more than just one book.

[H. A. M.]

also...books are cool too!

[H. A. M.]

Now I should read Moby Dick so I can get the reference. Good all the same.

[Mauricio Montoya]

Moby dick is what came to mind, but there are many classics. Nice work in putting this piece together.

[Anata]

Very very nice write!

Enjoyed it thoroughly

[George Love]

Always an excellent escape into another world. Now where did that last book go......

[Norma M Sutton]

I spent many a summer traveling in a book.

[Lydia Blackwell]

very nice. i get visions of coziness, a warm fire, some quilts and a good book. Well done.