[Rhodes22-list] list] More Poetry ROB

[Joe Camp]

Rob:
  
I'll paste the poem here.

Joe.

       The Year of Sailing
                                                   JJCamp
 
 
In the sheltered
marina, calm 
lake waters
rose 
and fell
with upstream rains.
 
Twenty feet
at the water
line
twenty-two
topside:
she was designed—
not
to simply
convey— but connect
her captain
to the spinning
earth: The swells
and wakes.
Westerly
wind delivered
one long
tack toward the dam.
Starboard genny
shroud
tight.  Port
line slack,
but ready
for the turn
about 
turn for
home.
Switch
sides shift
ballast
for the best
heel.
 
Otherwise
occupied 
the earth
didn’t even notice 
me there.
But for that
one
year, one
breath,
we were the
same
thing.                                                                        11/05/11
 



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>From: "Lowe, Rob" <rlowe at vt.edu>
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:38 AM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] More Poetry
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>Joe,
>Didn't see the attachment?? - rob
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>From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Joe Camp
>Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 8:48 PM
>To: Rhodes List
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] More Poetry
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>Rhodes Folk:
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>Up (here) in the colder climes, the boats are all tucked away for the winter.  Here is a bit of verse (attached) to ease you through those long frosty months ahead.  That, along with a series of good stiff drinks and a willing lover, should get you through the freeze.  (The poem is good, but booze and sex are still better.)
>
>Joe Camp
>s/v John Dawson
>Hatboro, PA
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