tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180247138827497703.post4026265327749889449..comments2024-01-28T09:45:40.103-08:00Comments on Environment Stories & Memoirs: For POETS UNITED ~ Poetry Pantry #217 ~ Sail On Sail On ~ Strange Are The Nights ~Anjum Wasim Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01252859337697790445noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180247138827497703.post-72564765089300618122014-09-10T23:17:02.277-07:002014-09-10T23:17:02.277-07:00Thank you GraceThank you GraceAnjum Wasim Darhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01252859337697790445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180247138827497703.post-68435930407865684802014-09-10T15:42:19.421-07:002014-09-10T15:42:19.421-07:00I like the classical cadence of the sea voyage ~ ...I like the classical cadence of the sea voyage ~ Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180247138827497703.post-10315945400194347032014-09-07T22:58:23.613-07:002014-09-07T22:58:23.613-07:00Mr Brian I find your poetic style unique and diffe...Mr Brian I find your poetic style unique and different-Yes we will sail to the shore Allah is Most Gracious Most Merciful-I am happy to know you looked up the words...I try to use a variety both modern and classic Thank you for your visit. I feel encouraged and honored.Anjum Wasim Darhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01252859337697790445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180247138827497703.post-15935168696814375662014-09-07T20:50:26.545-07:002014-09-07T20:50:26.545-07:00hopefully we do not sink to fast and never make th...hopefully we do not sink to fast and never make the voyage....quinqhereme is a cool word as well...looked it up...a galley...born on the backs of its rowers....i found an interesting connection through a list of thoroughbred names...connecting berseem and oddyseus...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180247138827497703.post-53226402353010967582014-09-07T17:45:26.021-07:002014-09-07T17:45:26.021-07:00Thank you Poet Laundry I love Classical Mythology....Thank you Poet Laundry I love Classical Mythology. It creates a deep impact in poetry and creates fantastic effective imagery full of fast paced action and sentiment.Anjum Wasim Darhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01252859337697790445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180247138827497703.post-67566616472219456322014-09-07T14:56:34.843-07:002014-09-07T14:56:34.843-07:00A gleaming fleam coming at me would probably make ...A gleaming fleam coming at me would probably make me scream for sure. I like the classic feel to this.Jennifer Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344877737695801883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180247138827497703.post-10363040256374437812014-09-07T14:01:41.848-07:002014-09-07T14:01:41.848-07:00Dear Susan Thank you Your visit is highly apprecia...Dear Susan Thank you Your visit is highly appreciated.The theme of this poem is 'Journey of Life' and Faith'To stay on the straight path'Our Life on the sea is controlled by the Unseen Breeze we must pay tribute to it or the ship may sink' Indeed Tempest 'the winds did sing to me' I studied the play in college and the Ancient Mariner in school.If you know Helen of Troy' then King Odyseuss was King of Itheca Greece who made the large Trojan Wooden Horse and then Troy was defeated...Quinquerime is a Hellenistic Era warship- Odysseus went on a journey and using his 'Thinking Mind' fought against dangerous odds -finally returned home after 14 years.The Movie 'Odyssey' will tell you all. It is the essence of Classical literature with Greek Mythology often referred to in Classical Poetry. Anjum Wasim Darhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01252859337697790445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180247138827497703.post-23963064462407896852014-09-07T12:31:33.649-07:002014-09-07T12:31:33.649-07:00The allusions are to poems and battles I do not kn...The allusions are to poems and battles I do not know, but I know the feeling of being on a sinking ship and have felt the poetry of it in the opening of Shakespeare's Tempest and Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. This sleep is a turbulent one, the vision may be prescient. I like the sound, read aloud.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180247138827497703.post-63767774848882502812014-09-07T11:27:44.338-07:002014-09-07T11:27:44.338-07:00Dear Laurie Thank you I am delighted and deeply gr...Dear Laurie Thank you I am delighted and deeply grateful for your visit and your encouraging appreciation. Thank you so much.Anjum Wasim Darhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01252859337697790445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180247138827497703.post-87439618492234794942014-09-07T11:26:11.112-07:002014-09-07T11:26:11.112-07:00Dear Sherry Thank you I love Classical literature ...Dear Sherry Thank you I love Classical literature and like to bring in the relevant references and images in my poems where ever possible.Anjum Wasim Darhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01252859337697790445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180247138827497703.post-7340791291265488182014-09-07T10:47:06.628-07:002014-09-07T10:47:06.628-07:00So lyrical... & I really like: there is no doo...So lyrical... & I really like: there is no door on the seas Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180247138827497703.post-35773396363078818732014-09-07T10:25:04.101-07:002014-09-07T10:25:04.101-07:00Wow, Anjum, I am impressed with your knowledge of ...Wow, Anjum, I am impressed with your knowledge of classical literature. Not surprising, I suppose, for an English teacher, but you have woven it wonderfully through this poem!!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.com