by hefnerbe | Mar 30, 2011 | III. Cutty Sark
Epigraph: “O, the navies old and oaken, O, the Temeraire no more!”- This is a quote from the last two lines of Herman Melville’s short poem Temeraire. The “Temeraire” is an old wooden war ship of the old English fleet. ...
by hefnerbe | Mar 30, 2011 | III. Cutty Sark
Line 59: “Turreted Sprites”- A turret has the shape of a long spiral. Sprites were known as a small or elusive supernatural being (OED). Line 64: “Opium and Tea”- Opium is produced from the dried latex taken from the poppy plant. Both were high-valued...
by hefnerbe | Jan 31, 2011 | Featured, III. Cutty Sark
Go to Cutty Sark “A fantasy on the period of the whalers and clipper ships.. The form of the poem may seem erratic, but it is meant to present the hallucinations incident to rum-drinking in a South Street dive, as well as the lurch of a boat in heavy...
