tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post2609393612536230253..comments2024-03-29T09:57:26.370-04:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: Lighthouse-Inspired PoemsPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-29351802247078926502015-12-11T07:07:39.768-05:002015-12-11T07:07:39.768-05:00:-) Too funny!:-) Too funny!Robbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877456645867564025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-8586591777407037102015-12-09T08:12:34.252-05:002015-12-09T08:12:34.252-05:00Another hundred years, with sea level rise uncheck...Another hundred years, with sea level rise unchecked,that mountain lighthouse will be a welcome sight for poet Foster's sea captains.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-47193339602683173792015-12-08T07:00:50.478-05:002015-12-08T07:00:50.478-05:00I have one, of sorts, in my book, "Lyrics and...I have one, of sorts, in my book, "Lyrics and Poems from the Shenandoah". Enjoy :-) <br />http://www.amazon.com/Lyrics-Shenandoah-Robert-Tredick-Foster/dp/1518695809/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1449576015&sr=1-1&keywords=lyrics+and+poems+from+the+shenandoah<br /><br />The Lighthouse - Robb Foster<br /><br />My neighbor has a lighthouse, <br />And why? I do not know<br />We live up in the mountains here <br />Where would the shipping go?<br /><br />Red and white and well detected <br />Tolling silent warning<br />Looking rather lonely there<br />I pass it every morning<br /><br />It's job is well defined, I think<br />Out standing with her roses<br />To keep the ships that just might come <br />My guess, she presupposes<br /><br />High and dry and quite protected<br />Shining bright at nightfall<br />If freighters were to see it there <br />Imagine, it'd be frightful!<br /><br />To each his own I've often thought <br />But now it has me thinking <br />Captains, if you pass this way <br />Your ship is surely sinking!Robbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877456645867564025noreply@blogger.com