To Be or Not to Be (poem) by Annabel Sheila on AuthorsDen

Reviewed on May 8, 2014

Symbolically and metaphorically meaningful, Anna! A moving offering. Love and best wishes,

Regis

Reviewed on April 22, 2014

nicely done as always

Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on April 20, 2014

TO BE OR NOT TO BE...ON STORMY WATERS OR CALM SEA...ITS NEVER EASY, BUT NEVER LOST...STILL SHE STANDS, DESPITE THE COST...TO CELEBRATE THIS FAITHFUL SEASON...NOT HERS TO JUDGE OR TO REASON. HAPPY RESURRECTION DAY! THERE...HE STOOD, SO THAT WE COULD TOO. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT INCLUDES BOATS, BUT YOU KNOW ME, ANNABEL...IT AIN'T OVER, TIL' ITS OVER. THANKS FOR SHARING THIS SO WELL WRITTEN METAPHOR. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH. JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS.

Reviewed by Patrick Granfors

Reviewed on April 18, 2014

The destination...a sunlit shore. I'll be the optimist here. Yes the trials and tribulations take their toll in life but the silver lining in Zeus's clouds trump Neptune's wrath every time, so long as you stay true to yourself. Patrick

Reviewed by Mr. Ed

Reviewed on April 14, 2014

To Be or Not To Be - often it truly is up to the sea.

Reviewed by Michael Jones

Reviewed on April 13, 2014

Very sad Anna and poetically written, imagery fantastic! Reminds me of the Bermuda triangle, I to was a sailor in the US Navy.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on April 12, 2014

It could be a description of the ship of state. Or, the course of a life, as some have said.

Or, it could be one of perhaps, thousands of such real ships that the king commissioned to take that fatal voyage, only to be tossed like flotsam on a distant shore. It had happened so many times before.

Ron

Reviewed by Shirley Long

Reviewed on April 12, 2014

What a lovely tail about this beautiful boat which was built fit for a king. I just hate it had to end up in nature's wrath. sad indeed.
But I enjoyed reading your amazing poem today.

Reviewed by John Domino

Reviewed on April 11, 2014

I agree with Diana, a well expressed journey of life. Well done!

Reviewed by Diana Wiles

Reviewed on April 11, 2014

A beautifully moving poem...which ever way it is read...
Not unlike the journey of life...
There is an elegance to your words that is very appealing...
Diana...

Reviewed by Mark Lichterman

Reviewed on April 11, 2014

Ships like dreams can go afoul of turbulent tides and times. As years go by as time and tides change, time and tides and space becomes the rust and deterioration that may and can affect all human and human made substance... Great poem my, hopefully, quickly warming friend.
Mark

Reviewed by E Phillips

Reviewed on April 11, 2014

Wind currents near the speed of sound
come in waves not unlike the ocean
wreaking havoc on our grandest machines
of land, sea, or air...
and some are defiled and lost forever
in the deep waters of far away oceans.

Reviewed by Lonnie Hicks

Reviewed on April 11, 2014

Beautifully stated and sad too, memorializing the ships that then and now carry 90% of the world's commerce. But deeper it is, to me, these ships and nature. And nature always wins.

Reviewed by Budd Nelson

Reviewed on April 11, 2014

a very wonderful write of the sea and or as others might read a metaphor for a life
budd

Reviewed by Sandie May Joyce (Sandie Angel)

Reviewed on April 11, 2014

This is actually a very good metaphorical write. Readers can read this and interpret this in many directions. I would read the ship as a person who is going through life, weathering the ups and downs of the tides, but determines to reach his/her destination at all costs for the sake of self-satisfaction. Sometimes, the definition of "success" comes in many forms, and the road to success is not always a smooth sailing.

Sandie

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton

Reviewed on April 11, 2014

Anna, Anna, Anna, this is a deeply moving piece of writing. A lot of consideration can go into thinking of this one. Could the boat be a metaphor for lofty dreams, only to be shattered by calamity? Or maybe the greedy ones who steal from others until their greed is their downfall. There are many possibilities, but you may have merely have written this to be taken at face value. Even taking it at face value it is still a profound write.