Every now and again that first line from John Masefield's poem "Sea Fever"
goes looping through my head...
"I must go down to the sea again...
I must go down to the sea again...
I must go down to the sea again...
to the lonely sea and the sky"
and the only way to stop the rhyme is get myself down to the ocean.
5 comments:
It's definitely a message. Get to the water. I love it.
Miles, the sea has been my favorite topic, btw, where did you find such lonely stretches of blue?
Have you ever wondered why the sea was lonely to Masefield? I wonder if he lived near it. From being so close to the sea, I draw from it a sense of peace and home. Looking out in a way that all that is man made, all the buildings and people and paved roads are outg of my sightline, and nothing before me but the ocean, the sky, and, hopefully, a large group of pelicans in V formation, I find my greatest peace. I'm guessing that Masefield probably never body surfed, either.
Every now and again that first line from John Masefield's poem "Sea Fever"
goes looping through my head...
"I must go down to the sea again...
I must go down to the sea again...
I must go down to the sea again...
to the lonely sea and the sky"
and the only way to stop the rhyme is get myself down to the ocean.
D.J.
Darn, Now I've got to go down to the beach to get it out of my head.
D.J.
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