Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEMORIES, by CICELY FOX SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: Ships...They go,' said murphy, 'like a spent pay-roll Last Line: "an' the times a man remembers . . . They're the best times of all!" Subject(s): Friendship; Memory; Ships & Shipping; Time | ||||||||
"SHIPS . . . they go," said Murphy, "like a spent pay-roll . . . They're sunk in the deep water or they're wrecked in the shoal; Burnt or scrapped in the long run, the big ships an' small, -- An' the ships a man remembers, they're the best ships of all. "Friends . . . they go," said Murphy, "the false an' the true, They all go at the finish, the same as the ships do; They go like a spree that's ended or a last year's song, But the friends a man remembers, they're his own his life long. "Times . . . they pass," said Murphy, "the fair and foul weather, The good times an' the bad times, they all pass together; Like a steersman's trick that's ended, or a blownout squall . . . An' the times a man remembers . . . they're the best times of all!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND A CHANNEL RHYME by CICELY FOX SMITH |
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