A Voyage To A Dreadful Edge Poem by Ahmad Shiddiqi

A Voyage To A Dreadful Edge

Rating: 4.7


O wave of whirlpool!
take me home
when sun goes down

O wave of isle!
take me home
when moon shouts aloud

creepy cape waits for an endless terror
frightful wind blows so mellow
why our sights sense horror
when we need a glow?

hazy harbor welcomes a dark guest
terrible trance brings a wounded chest
who save those screaming mermaids of ocean
when all white vessels suddenly turn up and down?

O wave of atoll!
take me in
where hope still alive

O wave of seagull!
take me in
where love can unite

(dedicated to a great poet at poemhunter, Ruerd Visser)

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Louis Rams 25 March 2009

hope is always in the heart of love

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There is always hope even in the darkess minutes...a whirlwind, a maelstorm and all the turbulence in our lives will never extinguish the light of the soul which lives eternally.Another ten....

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Joseph Poewhit 25 March 2009

GOD, is a great lighthouse for our ship of life.

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roushan banu 25 March 2009

hopeful poem... i like the topic very much A Voyage to A Dreadful Edge........... nice............

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Chad Robinson 25 March 2009

Yes....a poem for hope. Thats what life's about, one way or the other. HOPE! ! ! I liked it.

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Rajaram Ramachandran 21 May 2009

Apart from sea sickness, tha sailor is always home sick also, as he remains most of the time in all the waters of the world. Well composed.

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Michael Gale 07 April 2009

O' ye mermaids splashed across yon rocks... For do they sing their song-Afar be the star'ved loches. Minstrel ladies sing aloud...Sailor's ahoy-Bounding through. Time away spent fro' drowning boats...Fear all fear fro' foaming floats. Rocky jagged ladies be...Assaulting men of shell-uh-by. Ears so hammered to what deafness? ...Loving guy, that hath left us. Widowed women on the shore...No more man to be-of moore. Alas thy blue-ened lads begone...Never to be beyond my dawn. Great write. God bless us all-MJG.

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Your emotions are so heartfelt in this piece of work. The first line is so appropriate too. Your imagery is so vivid e.g. 'screaming mermaids of the ocean'. The message of hope rounded the poem of beautifully. Excellent! 10 from me

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Reihaneh Jalalian 28 March 2009

very beautiful dear, that was a great poem 10++

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Patti Masterman 27 March 2009

A nice rhythm seems to run through this and the poets voice seems to hover above all as an accompaniment to emotions images.

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Ahmad Shiddiqi

Ahmad Shiddiqi

Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
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