Thursday, April 1, 2010

Beach Burial Comments

Rating: 2.7

Softly and humbly to the Gulf of Arabs
The convoys of dead sailors come;
At night they sway and wander in the waters far under,
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Kenneth Slessor
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Helen 10 February 2022

purple drips..........indelible pencil, (I'm old and remember it) dripped purple when touched by water..?

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Michael P & Sammy F.C. 02 September 2019

Michael - Fantastic analysis of post-war depression and melancholy after world war 2. A nice use of 'the purple drips', perhaps a reference to royalty or luxury in the post war period? and a depreciation for the royal family? Very cool poem! ! ! Sammy F.C. - I disagree with Michael, in that the purple represents royalty, as it doesn't really fit with the context of the poem I feel, in my personal opinion.

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Kenneth Slessor 02 June 2019

who ever wrote this poem must be a genius ;)

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Nadia 30 October 2019

you are such a little... well I shouldn't say

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Timothy bethland 02 June 2019

thank you John, meet up sometime xx

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Timothy bethland 02 June 2019

thank you for the pleasure that i endured while reading this fantastic poem from Timothy xx

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John petlhem 02 June 2019

i strongly agree with you Timothy it was fantastic x

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John petlhem 02 June 2019

i strongly agree with you Timothy thanks for your comment xx

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Timothy bethland 02 June 2019

thank you John, meet up sometime? xx

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Timothy bethland 02 June 2019

thank you John, meet up sometime? ? xx

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John petlhem 04 June 2019

yeah lets meet what were you thinking?

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Shrek 16 September 2019

Can i meet up with you guys as well

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amazing 20 November 2018

this poem is amazing, gives me chills down the spine

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Dat Jew 20 November 2018

taki nie dobzy KURVA

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lololol 20 November 2018

couldn't agree more

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filop 04 November 2018

shitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshit

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OBAMA 16 September 2019

Dont swear please even tho this peom cringe

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cassiy 09 May 2018

great poem to read! ! !

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Kenneth Slessor

Kenneth Slessor

Orange, New South Wales
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