the first draft
blew away the idea
of this poem
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Occasional Glimpses Into the Voyage From the Helmsman, Ralph Murre
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- Ralph Murre
- Ralph Murre is the author of "Crude Red Boat" and "The Price of Gravity, both books of poetry; author and illustrator of "Psalms", a book of poetry and art, co-author, (with Sharon Auberle)of "Wind Where Music Was", a book of poems of experience, and he is editor/publisher of several books of prose, poetry, photography, and drawings from Little Eagle Press, which he founded. Ordering information for these books is available from littleeaglepress@gmail.com , as is information regarding this site. ----------------->>>- NOTE WELL: (c) ALL CONTENT OF THIS SITE, BOTH VERBAL AND VISUAL, IS THE COPYRIGHT PROPERTY OF RALPH MURRE, UNLESS OTHERWISE CREDITED. -<<<--------------------------------------
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2 comments:
Ugly scenery you have over there, Ralph.
I like this short poem. I don't know why. It is quite simple, but sometimes the simplest words say the most.
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