Jamsbo Rockda
Very powerful. As a silly contrast Milligan wrote -

I must go down to the sea again,
to the lonely sea and the sky;
I left my shoes and socks there -
I wonder if they're dry?
2015-04-05

Lawrence Beck
Well said, Joe; an artful explanation of the urge to go to sea.
2015-04-04

Perfectly said. And, I would add, that there are some women who have sought the same freedom in those high seas. It's a different world, a freedom absolute. Love the poem.
Ashe
2015-04-03

countryfog
I have a better sense now why some men have lived and loved the sea, challenged by the elements and challenging their will and spirit, not pitting themselves against the sea as much as needing to become a part of it. Having lived seventy years on the prairie (though not much of it is left now) I think there was a similar character at work in the early settlers who left the prairie, crossing the plains, looking for what was beyond the next hill, the next mountain.
2015-04-02