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    Default Shipping Lines

    Shipping lines
    (After seeing a postcard of a Union Castle liner
    I once sailed in to South Africa. Circa 1948)

    Pulling the covers of the past
    Round my neck,
    Warming the bones so to speak
    That sepia postcard
    That grainy grey image of her
    Carving the stars southwards
    Lumped me in reverie
    Put a swell under my feet
    Threw wisps of spume
    Against the flaking paint of memory
    Plunged me in a shudder of screws
    Bucking into Biscay,
    Rolled me in softness
    Of nights at St Helena
    Dawns pinking the Cape
    It washed me over
    Like a dumped dhobi bucket
    Till all I could feel
    Were rivulets of rust
    Salting my cheeks.

    John C Ryan

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    Quote Originally Posted by James E Probetts View Post
    Shipping lines
    (After seeing a postcard of a Union Castle liner
    I once sailed in to South Africa. Circa 1948)

    Pulling the covers of the past
    Round my neck,
    Warming the bones so to speak
    That sepia postcard
    That grainy grey image of her
    Carving the stars southwards
    Lumped me in reverie
    Put a swell under my feet
    Threw wisps of spume
    Against the flaking paint of memory
    Plunged me in a shudder of screws
    Bucking into Biscay,
    Rolled me in softness
    Of nights at St Helena
    Dawns pinking the Cape
    It washed me over
    Like a dumped dhobi bucket
    Till all I could feel
    Were rivulets of rust
    Salting my cheeks.

    John C Ryan
    Hi James,
    That was really nice mate,and also brings back those memories of all the times i spent with the UCL.
    Thanks for that,i really enjoyed it!
    Cheers
    Vernon
    Senior Site Moderator-Member and Friend of this Website

    R697530

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    Default Shipping Lines

    Thanks James, and thanks to John C Ryan, this excerpt is classic:

    Plunged me in a shudder of screws
    Bucking into Biscay,
    Rolled me in softness
    Of nights at St Helena
    Dawns pinking the Cape
    It washed me over
    Like a dumped dhobi bucket

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