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THE SHY RETICENT POET
The sailors were trying
to reach the end
of the world
without any fear
of falling over the edge
but Columbus
forgot to tell them
that the world is round
so they were shocked
when they wound up
right back where
they started from
Sorry for the duplicated comment
Sorry fpr the duplicated comment, must have been a typo on my part.
Starward
I, too, have run so many
I, too, have run so many circles in my life that I can certainly empathize with Columbus' sailors when they ended up back where they started from. After reading your poem, I was surprised to learn that Plato had taught that the earth is spherical. I had never heard that, about Plato, before today.
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Plato was ahead of his time.
Plato was ahead of his time.
And he was sure ahead of me
And he was sure ahead of me in 1974. And he still is. And, of course, every time I read him, the image of Lynn's beauty playfully interrupts my concentration.
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