Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Image: An Armed Four-Master Putting Out to Sea (here)
Friday Writings #85: First Line
"Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.”
– Zora Neale Hurston
Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board
This implies life is open to all sorts of experiences of
gains or losses. What man conceives or desires are not
readily or easily to be at his disposal. At any one time
a big question mark hovers over his head
What man dreams can be felt or even can be seen
developing and progressing but there are difficulties
or hardships that frustrate the dreams along the way
However not all suffer the same fate for some kind
elements may favour certain individuals who find it
easy to have achieved some semblance of success
Unfortunately it conforms to the luck of the draw and
life takes its own course. Many would resign to accept
the inevitable if they choose not to create opportunities
for themselves.
Note: Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board
- a metaphor for the dreams that men have and what they do
to pursue them. While some dreams come in with the tide and
may come true, but some keep sailing until time runs out
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Wonderfully chosen image, Hank, and wise poetic commentary. Above all, what a brilliant first line you have chosen — one I was unfamiliar with. For me it is not unlike the lines with which I close my piece in response to this prompt.
ReplyDeleteAnother of Hank's "full of insight and wisdom" poems!!! Cheers.
ReplyDeleteSadly that's true. There are too many who never even pursue a dream or even have one.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great first line!
ReplyDeleteHi Hank, nice to see you here. Men and women have different dreams, When I was growing up I mostly knew girls and may have had some of their dreams when younger. My dreams now are pasted onto my bucket list, most as fulfilled or thrown down.
ReplyDeleteHurston may have included men and women, back in the days when you meant both you said "we".
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Great first line!
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