All this week in my mind has been the British English idem '' like ships in the night ''. Had the start of a few poems/story's. Something was missing. Thanks to Goran's poem The Northbound Ship. I found what was lacking. So thank you Goran.


AS LIKE SHIPS ( THANKS TO GORAN GUSTAFSSON)

As like ships passing , one sailing north , other sailing south

Do not pass bye , drop anchor , tie up along side

Exchange excrescences of the voyages , and news

Strong booze of course , sailors affter all

Tell story's , some rather tall , off color , not for lady's ears

Some may well say thats sexist

May be some dancing , horn pipe

Till dawn , then a shaking of hands , friends , well met

The night had passed , dawn had broke , the time had come

Weighing anchor , letting go aft letting go forward

Voyages north and south resumed , courses set

Time to set sail.



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Written on 2013-08-31 at 12:08

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An interesting take on "ships passing in the night:"

The idiom is written in Tales of a Wayside Inn, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1863. He pretty much explains what I just said, which shows the current meaning of the phrase has remained intact for nearly 150 years:

"Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence."
2013-08-31



Like ships in the night! Marching orders... okay, cast off and sail!
2013-08-31