Some distant shore
whereon no Argonaut trod,
s i l h o u e t t e d
the rotting hulk,
broken-boned on the beach
bleached by Ages benign indifference,
discarded amongst vicissitudes of time
a memento of heroes
long since forgotten,
their wraith’s lament
b e w a i l i n g
the whaling ship,
w r e c k e d
ancient timbers
cursed by the inscription
” A h a b ”
(Louis Kasatkin has asserted his Right under the Copyright,Designs&Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work)
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The comment (by kelly bella):
I wondered where you would take this poem when I saw the title “Melville”. I was not disappointed. I like the thought of Ahab’s whaling ship washed ashore somewhere in the real world…