Love the strength of your imagery and word choices in this piece, Kate. Highly creative and unique:)
Sheila

I love the arrangement of these soul stirring words...This piece has an atmosphere that moves me profoundly...
Hugs, Diana...

Kate, that is quite a warm welcome for the master quill. I know John is very pleased with the reintroduction. "the miasma of sails on his South China sloop" and "wit of sharp Ulysses" masterful clues to this aficionada. Let us hope the ink remains wet on his quill and continues to please for a long time to come. I wish you love and peace my dear friend, Jon Michael

... glory of Mourne’s peaked mists
the miasma of sails on his
South China sloop,

something grand happening here, Kate! You go from strength to strength, from peak to peak. And how you went from here to there, I'll never know! getting help from above in your poetic journey, I think. :-)

I haven't a clue, but your imagery is true blue. Loved every line with my imagination running wild.

Ron

Poseidon smiles, his waves smoothed by this mariner's lyrical enchantments. Elegant verses woven with affection -- my heart literally jumped!
Blessings,
Christine

THANK YOU

GREAT KATE

THANK YOU

john

Your imagery always flawless, Kate, this is great fun!

You have created fine images that awaken the imagination, Kate. Thank you. Love and best wishes to you,

Regis

"Jove’s laughter gongs his words"
w-oh! Jack Clash is a bash bash bash!

Jumpin Jack Flash; he's a gas. I've got a little dog now who can't sit still, and he can hop six-foot fences, so I call him Jumpin Jack Flash, too.

quite sophisticated imagery you've rendered in this characterization ... as long as Jack Flash has the wit of Ulysses, i'm sure he jump to lands the Titanic only dreamed about sailing to ...

frangipani, I had to look that up. So pretty. The visuals in this, stunning. I Jumped back too!

Excellent poem with vibrant imagery Kate.
Lady Mary Ann

a panoply of poesy here... tauntalizingly resonant with an iconographical iteration of imagery... taut with resonant characterization... you leave your readers reeling in the aftermath of the Jack Flash drive... and just when you think the memory's full... it holds another megabyte... wonderful imagery, Kate... I especially like your opening salvo... salut!

Peace is a plosive followed by a liquid followed by a sibilant... thankfully it is also, so much more... make it so much more...
Roger

Another rich tapestry of color swaths that illuminate well traveled terrain with vibrancy and power. I jumped back along with Jack Flash.

The Rolling Stones would be proud...e