Comment from Pearl Edwards

Exceptional

I love the way you've told the Tale of the Mary Celeste, and the mystery behind it and especially the final lines with the coral encasing there bones on the ocean floor. Wonderful write Craig,
cheers,
valda

 Comment Written 10-Nov-2018

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reply by the author on 10-Nov-2018

Thanks so much for the wonderful rating, and especially for the delightful comments, Valda. I'm glad you enjoyed the poem, I find the story most intriguing. Cheers, Craig

Comment from Ulla

Excellent

Hi Craig, it's a true story is is not? It seems to ring a bell with me. Well true or not, it's a great poem,and great use of today's word. You're doing a great work with this. All the best. Ulla:))

 Comment Written 08-Nov-2018

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reply by the author on 08-Nov-2018

Yes, Ulla, it's a true story. Thanks very much for the kind words, and for sticking with these daily posts :) Cheers, Craig

Comment from Gloria ....

Excellent

Oh this is just so much fun, Craig. Ghost ship stories are always so mysterious and skeery in equal measure and mainly because I saw Ghost Ship too many times. LOL. It was likely pirates that forced them off the ship, but rather dumb they didn't swipe the cargo unless they got the real gold.

Excellent metre and rhyme along with your new word, so write some more of these okay?

Enjoyed.

Gloria

 Comment Written 07-Nov-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Nov-2018

Thanks so much for the kind comments, Gloria. For some reason, I seem to end up writing about ships a lot. I do like cruises, but it's not as if I'm a sailing buff, or anything like it. Most grateful, Craig

Comment from lyenochka

Excellent

I love the story in verse - makes me want to be able to sing it like the ballad of the Mary L. Mackay. But wow, the lines are iambic heptameter! For that feat alone, you deserve a six (which I don't have, sorry).
The word is so funny - something a child might create. Super job with this one, Craig!

 Comment Written 07-Nov-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Nov-2018

Thanks very much, Helen. I appreciate the virtual six, and am glad you enjoyed :) Craig

Comment from nancy_e_davis

Excellent

Good job Craig. The life boat was gone? Well I think it can be said that a rouge wave did them in. Those waves come out of nowhere and they are giants. They could have swept everyone overboard and even could have ditched the lifeboat.
Like I'm smarter than anyone else. Haha. Good job .
((<:Nancy

 Comment Written 07-Nov-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Nov-2018

I'm going with alien abduction (not!)

Many thanks, Nancy :)

Craig

Comment from bichonfrisegirl

Excellent

It's mysterifical all right. Hmmm, its puzzling that there was water in the hold, but that the ship was still above water. It didn't continue to take on water or to sink. Perhaps the good Captain Briggs felt that the ship would soon be water-logged, and felt it best to take his family and abandon ship via lifeboat.

This is a well written account of what transpired, Craig. I especially love your line "but there are secrets that the ocean, to itself, must keep" ... the mentioning of "secrets" really ties in well with the word 'mysterifical'. Perfect pairing of picture and poem, and you've taught your reader not only a new word but also a little history lesson too. Thanks!

Cheers,
Connie

 Comment Written 07-Nov-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Nov-2018

That seems to be one of the more likely explanations being tossed around, Connie. Personally, I think it was space aliens from the planet Xorg ;-) I really appreciate the lovely comments. Craig

Comment from BeasPeas

Excellent

Hi Craig. This is a well written poem on one of the mysteries of the sea, the loss of the Mary Celeste having left port as you say on November 7 (today's date). National Geographic had a special on TV (which I missed) about if we drained the ocean what we'd find there. I hope it is repeated. Some of these puzzles may be solved through modern techniques. I like the word "mysterical." Pretty much says it all. Marilyn

 Comment Written 07-Nov-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Nov-2018

Actually, it didn't occur to me until I read your comment just now, "mysterifical" would be the perfect word to describe books written by Erik Von Daniken, and docudramas like one I saw on the Bermuda Triangle decades ago; which I think, from memory, featured this very ship. I'm not sure why. A combination of "mystifying" and "hysterical". I agree, it would be fascinating to drain the oceans and see what we find. Unnecessary though, as if we keep up our dependence of fossil fuels for a little while longer, they'll dry up of their own accord :) Many thanks, Marilyn. Craig

Comment from Mustang Patty

Excellent

Hi, Craig,

It does seem that nautical mysteries are the ones that really get to me. It is obvious that the people are dead. But how did they die? And why?

An interesting poem that flows well and tells the tale of the ship within the lines. Mysterifical is a great word!

~MP~

 Comment Written 07-Nov-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Nov-2018

Thanks so much, Patty. Most appreciated :) Cheers, Craig

Comment from Sandra du Plessis

Excellent

A very well-written mysterical poem about the disappearance of a whole ship's crue without a trace. The only thing they found was the ship without damages or signs of cruelty but not living soul.

 Comment Written 07-Nov-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Nov-2018

Thanks very much, Sandra. Most grateful, Craig

Comment from RodG

Excellent

You have written a delightful mystery narrative here that rivals Betmuda Triangle stories. Good description of the empty ship and I like how you speculate what might have happened.

 Comment Written 07-Nov-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Nov-2018

I'm pretty sure I saw the Mary Celeste featured in a Bermuda Triangle program decades ago. I don't remember what the connection was, other than it was a spooky story. Many thanks for the kind comments. Craig