While we’re in nautical mode. This is a beautiful post from a sailor/poet.
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Ships sing songs of the sea
their skippers conducting
from sea chart scores
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Instruments sail upon a sea of song
the musicians’ crew
plotting the melody course
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Sailor and musician: each in their own way
searching for perfect harmony
at life’s horizon
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Dear visitor,
Welcom to my blog with essays and poems about music and sailing.
Ever since I was a little boy I have been fascinated by sailing boats. I always wanted to be a sailor, never realizing the age of sail had long gone. I found pleasure in drawing three- and four-masters running on high seas under all sail, imagining I was the captain at the wheel. When it came to real sailing I looked forward to the annual fair in my birth city of Groningen. There always would be a merry-go-round with tiny boats really floating on water. The trick was to pull a…
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