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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RED SNAILS, by MAE BAKER HENLINE
First Line: Mere pin points on the horizon
Last Line: Red sails when the journey's done!
Subject(s): Sailing & Sailors; Sea; Sun; Seamen; Sails; Ocean
First Line: Mere pin points on the horizon
Last Line: Red sails when the journey's done!
Subject(s): Sailing & Sailors; Sea; Sun; Seamen; Sails; Ocean
Mere pin points on the horizon
On the lap of the god of mist,
Sails shining like the flap of fins,
Bearing their cargo of grist.
Into great mounds of terraced jade
They plunge full speed with their load,
Plowing the sea lanes mightily
To vision . . . A war torn road.
These sails gleamed as they shoved away,
Strangely white beneath the sun,
Turning to copper, smoked, then gray,
Red sails when the journey's done!
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