It’s never good when the first non introductory post in a blog is off topic, but I hope this may give you some insight in to my personality. This is a little poem I wrote age ten. It was published in a local school poetry compilation. I think at the time I was trying to show the sheer power of the ocean through the use of metaphors, however one could say they are used excessively, but heck it was 1999.
Sea Thunder
The watery avenger, nature’s titan,
The hellbound boats were thrashed and trashed,
Thrown by Poseidon’s will.
Tsunamis ravage among matchstick yachts,
And the wind screams terror to all it meets.
Twisters toss the sharks aside,
Whales flee for their lives,
Many a seaman have come insane in this endless labyrinth,
The minotaur of which, predators are prey.
The lightning brings down Zeus’s mighty grumble,
The rain slashes, the hail crashes, because of the monster storm.
The silver stallion is tamed once more, put to his restless slumber,
The sea is serene as Aphrodite beholds her jewel cloak turquoise blue.
I really like this poem, for a ten year old I think that last line is a master stroke… it just makes sense in my head, don’t know about you.
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