The Captain I Was Comments

I love the images you weave, the dreams you set, the dog-eared gazettes. Wonderfully inspired.

The poem has some magic- - Yes, it will mesmerize you.

Seamus, I think this poem of yours is in many ways as magical as Baudelaire's and reminds me also of Chapman's Homer. You have encaptured the mind of an imaginative child. Can I ask you one thing. Have you read Perse's Anabasis? Sadly I can't submit translations of parts of it as T.S. Eliot 's version is unbeatable! I think you would enjoy it, especially the tone of child-like wonder, juxtaposed to sudden images of savagery as the warrior prince proceeds on his explorations and conquests. I shall put your poem in my favourites.

I'm gonna try it tonight. All set for an adventure! I like your inclusion of the Okavango delta. Your son was there, right? Lovely imaginative poem.

You have blessed us with your wonderful imagination, a lovely tale indeed. It's great to be able to access your page again to enjoy your offerings, Annette ;)