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In reply to the discussion: Contest: Best short poem [View all]

libodem

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12. The elections
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 02:57 PM
Nov 2012

Had me thinking about the content of character since RMoney seemed to have none.

This is in a picture frame with a sailboat, no author visible. It must be anonymous.

YOUR GOAL

Ships sail East, and ships sail West,
While the self same breezes blow;
It's the set of the sails
And not the gales
That determine the way they go.

Like the winds of the sea
Are the way of fate,
As we journey along through life;
It's the set of the soul,
That determines the goal
And not the calm nor the strife.



Gives new meaning to: I like the cut of your jib. Doesn't it?

Contest: Best short poem [View all] WilliamPitt Nov 2012 OP
Ezra Pound would like to enter the contest lutefisk Nov 2012 #1
I have one. Lochloosa Nov 2012 #2
Interesting story, bear with me, another William Carlos Williams WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #3
That Jackson story is awesome. n/t Chan790 Nov 2012 #16
Ah, that makes sense Tsiyu Nov 2012 #23
Ours: MiddleFingerMom Nov 2012 #4
One last. WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #5
Woah, that needs a warning libodem Nov 2012 #7
ditto here OriginalGeek Nov 2012 #8
Sorry WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #10
No Worries! OriginalGeek Nov 2012 #15
Jeez WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #9
... Tsiyu Nov 2012 #24
This is lovely! Punkingal Nov 2012 #28
Can't ever go wrong with this one WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #6
Beautiful, Will... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #11
The elections libodem Nov 2012 #12
Yes, it does libodem Nov 2012 #33
From my first English class in college. RiffRandell Nov 2012 #13
"I thought, therefore I was. Now I don't, so I'm not." HopeHoops Nov 2012 #14
Okay. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #17
Can't ever ever ever go wrong with this one WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #18
This poem is so wondrous and beautiful. blue neen Nov 2012 #21
One of my favorite poems, by one of my favorite poets.... Pendrench Nov 2012 #19
On the Antiquity of Microbes ohiosmith Nov 2012 #20
The first poem I ever had published. Prisoner_Number_Six Nov 2012 #22
Very nice, my dear Prisoner_Number_Six... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #29
Spalding Gray/Jumped away Tom Ripley Nov 2012 #25
A short poem I wrote kurtzapril4 Nov 2012 #26
Carl Sandburg... Punkingal Nov 2012 #27
Oh gracious queen we thee implore pscot Nov 2012 #30
Lot's Wife petronius Nov 2012 #31
I like this one Momgonepostal Nov 2012 #32
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