Sofia's upturned hull, slightly grubby--
ornaments: wizards (from my hands)
and mermaid (via CL).
3-Legged, Half-Antlered Reindeer. Still flies.
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"Kipling for Keith: A Tribute" ........ 1961-2011 (click for the link)
About Me
- Matt Duckworth
- San Francisco; East Bay, CA, United States
- Heed the reefs not yet charted Seek that green isle beyond design
Kayaking: Humpback Whales Off Moss Landing!
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- A Fine Finish, Indeed
- Wishful Thinking?
- Paddling Towards Dusk
- Old Notebook: Was I Talking To Myself?
- Arnold: "The Forsaken Merman"
- Crossley-Holland's 'Leaf-Girl'
- Heaney: Beowulf Takes His Trophy
- Garsecg: Or, The Merman, Holding A Fish
- Reindeer, Cooling Off After The Big Night
- Rein . . . Moose?
- Reprise: Aegir, Sea-God
- Reprise: Diving Like A Duck II
- Practice Session: "A Hazy Vision"
- Yuletide Charms
- The Thinker(s): Orkney-Style?
- Reprise: Wizardry For The Tree
- Byron: "Many Are Poets Who Have Never Penned"
- GRAB-BAG: What Resonates
- Papyrus Comes From Egypt
- Moya Cannon: "The Hidden Rhythms of the Wood"
- "On The Light Fantastic Toe"
- Sofia's Gallery: Wizards, Mermaid, and Reindeer
- Last Look: Moon and Monster
- Boat-Charm and Minotaur (In Progress)
- Middle English Lyric: "Foweles in the Frith"
- Hold Fast
- Raymond Oliver: Five Poems
- Six and A Half Arms To Hold You
- Bottom Time
- Bluefish: Two Views
- Nicolson's "Sea Room" -- Gaelic and Norse
- Ferry Point
- Blue And Green
- A Steady Wind
- "The Way of the Scholar"
- English Literature: 1660-1850
- The Drowned Man: A Mask
- Watch-Cat
- Arnold: "With Noiseless Current Strong, Obscure an...
- Strong Woman
- Matthew Arnold's "To Marguerite"
- Catching the Tide
- Study Session
- Profile Pics
- Thomas Gray's "The Fatal Sisters"
- Rain-Walk: Clay Ships Creekside
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Playing aquatic superhero in Hawaii.
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Tattoo #3
My favorite word--garsecg--from the Old English Beowulf is a kenning or poetic riddle-word for the sea. It means "the spear-man," perhaps the echo of a figure like the Norse Aegir or some other surly northern Neptune. In other texts, garsecg seems to be an adjective meaning "sea-like," "stormy" or "tempestuous."
"Oh Malachi Malarkey"
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