Sunday, October 26, 2008
5 from RIMBAUBY DICK--the Pequod meets the Driunken Boat
"A capital ship
for an ocean trip
was the walloping window blind
no gale that blew
dismayed her crew
nor troubled the captain's mind"
5 pieces from an ongoing series-more may be seen at
http://davidbaptistechirot.blogspot.com
one fine day in the great port of Hamburg, a man signing himself John Rimbaud attempted to join the American navy, unaware that this required the applicant to be a US citizen--
what if, indeed, by some odd chance, aboard a passing ship, Rimbaud had sailed to America--
and found work aboard a whaler (though these were then nearly extinct --)--or--stowed away aboard an expeditioning vessel, like that in our next tale--
THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDORN PRYMBAUD--
for an ocean trip
was the walloping window blind
no gale that blew
dismayed her crew
nor troubled the captain's mind"
5 pieces from an ongoing series-more may be seen at
http://davidbaptistechirot.blogspot.com
one fine day in the great port of Hamburg, a man signing himself John Rimbaud attempted to join the American navy, unaware that this required the applicant to be a US citizen--
what if, indeed, by some odd chance, aboard a passing ship, Rimbaud had sailed to America--
and found work aboard a whaler (though these were then nearly extinct --)--or--stowed away aboard an expeditioning vessel, like that in our next tale--
THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDORN PRYMBAUD--
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