Borne Aloft Upon A Gale
A sailor's shanty
Three men from Yaryn
Born forth on wings
Of black dragons
Three men sail forth with hope
Of gold and crowns
Made of legends
Three men sail forth
Sword drawn
And armored boldly
For krakens bellowed below
A green dragon lay
Coiled deep in its cave
A lass in no distress
We would not know
We would not know
A viper slithered
Amongst the stores
Friend or foe
We would not know
We would not know
Three men sailed forth
To find a soul
To find their soul
Three men sailed forth
So full of strength
So full of hope
But the Kraken
pulled them below
pulled them below
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Matthew J. Fromm
Full-time nerd, history enthusiast, and proprietor of arcane knowledge.
Here there be dragons, knights, castles, and quests (plus the occasional dose of absurdity).
I can be reached at [email protected]
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Boons and Curses
Before him lay his doom. Exasperated, Imperator Valatious collapsed into his chair. Beyond the hide walls of his tent, the evening air hung disquietingly still. He ran his weathered hands through a grease-stained mane of brown hair, uncut since the campaign began.
By Matthew J. FrommExclusive • about a year ago
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
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Just incase you miss it - the latest update and progress piece about the Anthology is live now - https://shopping-feedback.today/writers/vocal-poetry-anthology-progress-update-and-requests%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E thank you!
Okay, so we have a winner. This was great. Love how it fits in with the writing you often seem most comfortable in. Loved the flow and the descriptions - could picture it so vividly. Thank you and will be using this for the book, dude!
A tale of adventure and fate, where bold hopes clash with unseen dangers, and even strength can't escape the Kraken's grip.
A tale of adventure and fate, where bold hopes clash with unseen dangers, and even strength can't escape the Kraken's grip.
Beautiful
Fabulous; Congrats on Top Story!
Three men sailed forth To find a soul To find their soul Wow! This bit stood out to me, but the whole thing is awesome, Matthew! I'm a big fan of sea shanties, and this just gets better the more I read it. Bravo!
That's a proper shanty that is! Got the rhythm and everything 😁
Mf - Permission to come aboard, ShipMate? Thank you and the VocalBucketCommunity for your well wishes while I was away; it meant so much to me. Jk.in.l.a.
What an enrapturing and rhythmic piece! Very lyrical indeed!
Now you just need the lute and deep drums to accompany this vivid tale.
Such a tale of woe! You captured it wonderfully! Great job!
Definitely has the sea shanty feel. Love the storytelling you managed to do with it!
What a vivid picture this conjures up! Well done, Matthew! I agree with Cathy. This one should be set to music.
I love the musical feel of this one. Well done.
I want to take a moment to appreciate how well the featured image sets the scene, to the point you feel like you're clinging to the side of the ship listening to this song sung from the crew above. Also, you ever read Dewey Lambdin? I feel like you'd enjoy a good British naval adventure based on this and other sailing stories you've written, and Reefs and Shoals is one of my favorite books. It's survived multiple shelf purges.
Wow, loved this! It is melodic and mystical. I am always for the creatures and against the killer men. Seattle named a hockey team the Kraken and it drives me nuts!! Remember "Release the Kraken" from that movie?
I love your poem. Its rhythm sounds like sailors’ singing. Well done.