[New post] The Hands of Rowers

HTBS posted: " 5 December 2021 By Philip Kuepper The waves are handswaving their wayto shore. Are they hands, lost,of all ships sunk?Are they the handsfrom war-rammed triremes,from ships of explorers,from the Titanic,the Lusitania,the Morro Castle? Are the" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Hear The Boat Sing The Hands of Rowers by HTBS 5 December 2021 By Philip Kuepper The waves are hands waving their way to shore. Are they hands, lost, of all ships sunk? Are they the hands from war-rammed triremes, from ships of explorers, from the Titanic, the Lusitania, the Morro Castle? Are they the waves waving at me, the waves waving toward shore, as I sit, abench, in the glittering November morn, glitter gowning the sea, unxious, anxious, moon-drawn in the sun? Is it that I am to wave back to them?, or stand next the shoreline and take their hands, and help them ashore, help the hands of the drowned ashore? Each hand curling round an oar helps row the drowned forward, the ghosts of their lives, the very breaths of their ghosts knit into the hands of the rowers. (9 November 2021) HTBS | December 5, 2021 at 1:00 am | Tags: Philip Kuepper, Rowing Poetry | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: https://wp.me/p4zgHh-wUp Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Hear The Boat Sing. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://heartheboatsing.com/2021/12/05/the-hands-of-rowers/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com