epic moon tonight

[Paul Pless]

strawberry

[Jimmy W]

Re: epic moon tonight

Looks more like vanilla here.

[skuthorp]

Re: epic moon tonight

Was pretty good here last night, very John Masefield……………..

"The moon was a silver galleon tossed upon cloudy seas"………except is was full of course.

[WI-Tom]

Re: epic moon tonight

Was pretty good here last night, very John Masefield……………..

"The moon was a silver galleon tossed upon cloudy seas"………except is was full of course.

Alfred Noyes--"The Highwayman"

The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding--
--riding--riding--
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

A great poem for teaching descriptive writing through metaphor to 8th graders.

Tom

[skuthorp]

Re: epic moon tonight

So what Masefield poem am I thinking of? I was so sure I didn't check………
(I just had a quick look, seems I was totally mistaken…...

[WI-Tom]

Re: epic moon tonight

So what Masefield poem am I thinking of? I was so sure I didn't check………
(I just had a quick look, seems I was totally mistaken…...

Probably "Sea Fever"?

I must go down to the sea again,
To the lonely sea and the sky;
And all I ask is a tall ship
And a star to steer her by...

(That's by memory--not sure of the line breaks/punctuation)

Tom

[LeeG]

Re: epic moon tonight

I should be asleep

[ron ll]

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Your epic strawberry moon kept waking me up last night. We were at anchor and I would just get to sleep and the boat would turn and a very bright shaft of light would come through the port light straight at my face. No matter where the moon was in its path, the boat would turn to find it. Just call me Moonbeam McBoatface.

[George Jung]

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Careful; nicknames tend to “stick “!

[Rich Jones]

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[QUOTE=ron ll;6862817]Your epic strawberry moon kept waking me up last night. We were at anchor and I would just get to sleep and the boat would turn and a very bright shaft of light would come through the port light straight at my face. No matter where the moon was in its path, the boat would turn to find it. Just call me Moonbeam McBoatface.[/QUO

I would definitely put that in the category of "First World Problems".

Sleeping on an anchored boat: What could be better?

[Rich Jones]

Re: epic moon tonight

Cloudy here.
I won't be seein' nuthin'.

[ron ll]

Re: epic moon tonight

I would definitely put that in the category of "First World Problems".

Sleeping on an anchored boat: What could be better?

Yeah, what we shoulda been doing was a midnight moonlight row around the harbor instead of trying to sleep.

Paid our dues on the way home though this morning. Big ebb tide and an opposing north wind really stacks up the seas. And the course of course is in the trough. Had to quarter the seas almost to Edmonds and then turn downwind near the eastern shore. Snoose doesn’t have a problem with it as long as her occupants keep the dishes and books off the cabin sole. I think She spent the crossing holding pillows against the dish racks.