long lost poems

[tamlin_kitsune]

maybe it's because nekohooch  is doing a poem a day - I'm not sure what jogged this in my memory.  I remember reading it in elementary school at the library where we used to wait for our mom to pick us up.  I remember the line: 'the Sea Wolf rides on plunging tides' and that was about it.  Every now and then, for no known reason though, that line will bubble up inside me and finally, finally, the internet provides me my answer.  Still no idea who wrote it though.

The fishermen say, when your catch is done
And you’re sculling in with the tide,
You must take great care that the Sea Wolf’s share
Is tossed to him overside.

They say that the Sea Wolf rides, by day,
Unseen on the crested waves,
And the sea mists rise from his cold green eyes
When he comes from his salt sea caves.

The fishermen say, when it storms at night
And the great seas bellow and roar,
That the Sea Wolf rides on the plunging tides,
And you hear his howl at the door.

And you must throw open your door at once,
And fling your catch to the waves,
Til he drags his share to his cold sea lair,
Straight down to his salt sea caves.

Then the storm will pass, and the still stars shine,
In peace-so the fisherman say-
But the Sea Wolf waits by the cold Sea Gates
For the dawn of another day.

Comments

[nekohooch]

like like like ^-^
speaking of which, i now have to post three. ack.
but thank you for the reminder and the sharing of this beautiful poem ^_^

[kitsune13-tam.livejournal.com]

well, I've been enjoying yours even if I've been bad about it and not commented. You must have jogged something loose in me and for the first time when I checked the internet it was actually there! So thanks for that too ;)

[knit-lace.livejournal.com]

Reading the poem reminded me of The Old Man and the Sea.

[kitsune13-tam.livejournal.com]

it does have that man against the elements feel to it, doesn't it? I was raised near the water and it just gets in your blood after a while :)