Comment from GratefullyRecovering

Exceptional

You're so awesome :) I love this poem/ode. You always do a great job, great work, I LOVE YOU! haha :) You're a really awesome person and I hope we always stay friends. Your poem is amazing, and so are you!

 Comment Written 23-Sep-2013

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reply by the author on 25-Sep-2013

Thanks so much, GR. We always will be, I've no doubts about that!

:)

Comment from adewpearl

Excellent

I really like the rhyming and internal rhyming
as always, lovely multi-media presentation of your poem
drawn to the sea by it's allure - drop the apostrophe
nice alliteration in phrases like slog into a summer storm
I love the message in the final stanza that a journey of the imagination can be just as good as a physical journey :-) Brooke

 Comment Written 21-Sep-2013

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reply by the author on 22-Sep-2013

Thank you very much, Brooke. I truly appreciate it...

Comment from Jade Lawson

Excellent

I really enjoyed the colour you chose for this poem, the presentation is excellent as always. Good ode to the sea, where you describe all the myths some people held and even believe.
I love the journey you lead the reader in it, the adventure waiting, where imagination may lead. great artwork.

 Comment Written 20-Sep-2013

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reply by the author on 20-Sep-2013

Thank you, Angel. I really appreciate that!

Comment from Darkhorse555

Excellent

SETTING SALE LANDING ON THE GOLDEN SHORES THIS PIECE MY DEAR FRIEND SAILING DOWN YOUR WORDS DREW OUT IN MY EYES EXCELLENT A TOP SHELF PIECE

 Comment Written 20-Sep-2013

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reply by the author on 20-Sep-2013

Thanks, my Dark Fiend! Truly appreciate wonderful comments...

Comment from Steve Pantazis

Excellent

Arrgghh, matey, this was one fine tale on the high seas! Nice work, by the way, coloring the text against the white parts of your image. As always, you craft your work with great care and pride, and I found myself sailing your poetic ship through wind and sea and enjoying the spume upon striking the shore.

 Comment Written 20-Sep-2013

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reply by the author on 20-Sep-2013

Thank you Steve, I truly appreciate that!

Comment from Christof McTarnahan

Exceptional

Wow, D-Nuts this is great. You always blow my mind with your poetry. It is nice to step out of the horror pool for a bit. What's next? Romance?

 Comment Written 19-Sep-2013

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reply by the author on 20-Sep-2013

Thanks, 'Sak, but no. Romance for me is out of the question. Well, at least where writing is concerned. We have enough people on FS that do that already, don't you think?

Thanks again!

reply by Christof McTarnahan on 20-Sep-2013

No kidding... I feel like the site is 5 percent horror, 5percent fantasy and 90 percent romance. Maybe we should write a mock romance story about a guy and a corpse.

reply by the author on 20-Sep-2013

Yeah. We can call it..."I love E-w-w-w-w!"

Comment from STEPHEN A CARTER

Excellent

CONSIDER: Gets rid of arctic/desert=sticks to the sea theme
"Imagination can take us there
through tunnels to a mermaid's lair

Love the sound effects but the type was hard to see(pardon the pun). Well composed internal rhyme, but with 17 beats/line a bit long in the tooth...maybe 12 is better.
Enloyed the imagery because I was brought up on the ocean..look up 'The Passage' in my profile.

Regards:

 Comment Written 19-Sep-2013

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reply by the author on 20-Sep-2013

Thanks very much for the wonderful review and suggestions, Steven. I do appreciate it.

The reason I added the desert and arctic references was to show that, no matter where you were in the world, your imagination can transport you to other places just by simply...well, imagining it.

Thanks again, my friend!

Comment from Alan K Pease

Exceptional

A sumptuous repast of words from the sea - the striving of pirates and Norsemen bent on pillaging communities along the shore -destroying or evading ships of the line. There are days when your poetry scans a community of dolphins and mysterious creatures by following in their wake. You encourage us to to use our minds to conjure up imaginative episodes of sea that could rank with your own - a feat not easily done for your own has created an collage of arts- a literary masterpiece of poetry, pictorial images and sounds of the sea! Best wishes Alan

 Comment Written 19-Sep-2013

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reply by the author on 19-Sep-2013

Thanks so much for your spectacular review, Alan. I am very happy you enjoyed this, and I certainly appreciate your wonderful comments and insight.

Comment from Samuel Dickens

Excellent

Anchors away, my boys! You've got me pining for some salt air, Dean! As much as I used to hate being "grey and underway", my memories of it all are much gentler now. An excellent piece of writing.

 Comment Written 19-Sep-2013

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reply by the author on 19-Sep-2013

You know it, Sam! I recalled my days in the Marines while in service on the USS Barbie to conjure up the mental fortitude to write it. I hope it worked...

Thanks for this wonderful review, sea dog!

Comment from david bell

Excellent

Another great poem. I wish that you would change all the lines to black ink or make the white ink larger. Think about us older readers.

 Comment Written 19-Sep-2013

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reply by the author on 19-Sep-2013

Thanks david. I will look into changing that. I have horrendous eyesight, but was able to read it, so I just assumed everyone else would be able to. See what one gets form assuming?

Thank you very much for your suggestions and review...