tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post5590871663967732812..comments2024-03-27T14:03:14.775+00:00Comments on Captain JP's log: Cargoes by John MasefieldJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-27392869060304664032012-02-06T20:41:13.777+00:002012-02-06T20:41:13.777+00:00Nice!
I was trying to think of one but poetry'...Nice!<br /><br />I was trying to think of one but poetry's not my strong pointJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-91660576100681282282012-02-06T16:04:03.716+00:002012-02-06T16:04:03.716+00:00OK here you are:
Gargantuan container ship of Pana...OK here you are:<br />Gargantuan container ship of Panama <br />Bound from Yokohama through the wild South Seas,<br />With a cargo of motor cars,<br />Hatchbacks, pickups,<br />Sports cars, white vans and SUVs.Chris Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-50574039550590655152012-02-04T21:25:42.689+00:002012-02-04T21:25:42.689+00:00Good ones.
Maybe should try to think of the forth...Good ones.<br /><br />Maybe should try to think of the forth verse all about a modern container ship.<br /><br />Over to you.......JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-13040260195217651382012-02-04T17:46:46.543+00:002012-02-04T17:46:46.543+00:00Dirty Volvo artic with a mud-caked windscreen,
Dri...Dirty Volvo artic with a mud-caked windscreen,<br />Driving up the M2 through the rain and sleet,<br />With a cargo of lawn chairs,<br />iPads, TVs, <br />Hair dryers, toy cars and polyester sheets.Chris Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-70265353774537486932012-02-04T17:28:14.932+00:002012-02-04T17:28:14.932+00:00Ironically, nowadays the dirty British coaster is ...Ironically, nowadays the dirty British coaster is every bit as remote, romantic and extinct as quinquiremes and galleons.Chris Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-60635244353434386902012-02-03T20:25:18.429+00:002012-02-03T20:25:18.429+00:00I wonder what Masefield would do now, with our pla...I wonder what Masefield would do now, with our plastic lawn chairs, electronics, recycleables, cheap hair dryers, imported cars, wastes…bowspritehttp://bowsprite.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-50306854979988055402012-02-02T21:03:58.353+00:002012-02-02T21:03:58.353+00:00I guess it's an easy thing to forget, for thos...I guess it's an easy thing to forget, for those of us who don't live on islands, how much that simple accident of geography has shaped Britain's history, culture, and sense of national identity.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-64917021833345281572012-02-02T16:37:04.604+00:002012-02-02T16:37:04.604+00:00Indeed - and the interest in the SS Robin is becau...Indeed - and the interest in the SS Robin is because of the importance of that type of boat to Britain and our history.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-8861720506772579992012-02-02T15:45:28.686+00:002012-02-02T15:45:28.686+00:00I guess a lot of people read this poem, and its co...I guess a lot of people read this poem, and its contrast between the first two romantic verses and the last gritty one, as a negative comment on modern commercial life.<br /><br />But I always read it as celebrating the toughness and persistence of the British. I've always been proud to think of myself as a "dirty British coaster... butting through the Channel."Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.com