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    Conversations with the Sea
    Conversations with the Sea
    Conversations with the Sea
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    Conversations with the Sea

    By Adrian Poniatowski

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    The poetic diary of a wonderful voyage on the New York Sound.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAdrian Poniatowski
    Release dateJan 8, 2013
    ISBN9781301419838
    Conversations with the Sea
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    Adrian Poniatowski

    Adrian Poniatowski is a twenty four year old medical student. His hobbies include writing in calligraphy, singing, sailing, and flying sailplanes. His motto as an artist is “Ars neptis Dei,” a paraphrase from Dante’s Comedia meaning “Art is the granddaughter of God.”

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      Conversations with the Sea - Adrian Poniatowski

      Introduction

      This free-verse poem is an attempt to capture, in however small a measure, the wonderful experiences I had upon the schooner Brilliant from June 20 to June 24, 2011, with the eleven new friends I met there. It was done from my own want as well as a personal need to share this experience with others, and those who have made this voyage possible for me.

      I gain my inspiration from the sea, of course, as well as from my Catholic faith throughout the poem. Both, I hope, the work will resonate with readers of all experience, be it on land or sea, or faiths Christian or not. At some points, I try, and miserably but merrily fail, to follow in the footsteps of that great pilgrim Dante, with whom I climbed to the shining peak of the Empyrean right on the Brilliant (having finally

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