MY THOUGHTS AT SEA


With my body braced against the motion
Surrounded by stars and unending ocean
I fight tiredness and lack of sleep
I must be alert for present dangers
Can’t loose my course or ranges
Else send my yacht into the deep


The waves are high and foaming
My mind keeps wandering a'roaming
But settles on something clear
When danger is a way of living
Then I will keep on giving
To the sea in spite of fear

JK
Written on board PiPu II in the Mediterranean 1974

AN INEFFECTIVE PROTEST


Hundreds of miles out to sea
One finds rubbish floating free
Plastic bags,bottles or a can
Deposited there by creature man
Soon this creature will be astounded
That our nature is not abounded
With our friends in bush and deep
And for their loss, I shall weep

JK
Written on board PiPu II along the coast of Spain 1974

A FRIEND


A friend is someone who likes you
someone with whom you can really be your self,
one who appreciates the good in you
overlooks the bad in you
and brings out the best in you.


With a friend you can share a laugh,
a secret,a view point, a success or a disappointment
and a complete assortment of problems large and small
a friend is someone who understands silences
as well as words.


One who is with you and for you
stands by you, forgives you
one who lifts you up
and never lets you down.
(unknown)
To search for and treasure, my credo

A TROPICAL THUNDERSTORM

Silence
tropical steamy heat
tense and irritable people
smelly people
heavy legs
perspiration
heat


Heat
empty shadows
creeping clouds
distant lightning
breathless air
silence
fear


Fear
hurried people
darting light
crashing thunder
scattered birds
blinding rain
rain


Rain
cooling rain
misty views
running water
refreshing smells
relaxing
rain


Rain
flying birds
distant thunder
far off lightning
last of rain
peace and quiet
silence.

JK
Written in Singapore 1971

CREDIT

It is not the critic who counts,
nor the man who points out
how the strong man stumbles.
the credit belongs to the man
who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust
and sweat and blood
who strives valiantly
who errs and comes short
again and again
who knows the cause
who, at best, knows in the end
the triumph of high achievements
and who, at the worst, if he fails
at least fails daring greatly
so that his place shall never be
with those cold and timid souls
who know neither victory nor defeat.
My litany

During my trip to Rome Sat. 6th 1969
If wisdom comes from age and history,
Rome must be the most intelligent city in the world.


People stand and admire the beauty of the "Pieta",
But no one seems to admire the agony and ecstasy of creating it.


I want and need comfort
I keep giving it,
but what about me?

During my trip to Athens Sept.4th 1969
It is a rough and rocky road to the Parthenon
But what beauty, glory and satisfaction
does one reach at the top.

My observations of women.
Women pursue happiness, which to them is winning a mans heart and holding it at all costs



The man who works,does not think of his wife unless his attention wanders.


Man wishes for the presence of the woman he loves at intervals,
a woman wants to be with the man she loves all the time.


The best thing a woman can say to a man
"I am proud of you"
The best thing a man can say to a woman
"I love you"


Man's attitude to pleasure is simple
wholehearted,urgent
a woman is emotive and slow.


For a man the woman who listens is intelligent.


To catch a mans interest, the woman who feels like talking learns to be quiet.
At first because she is afraid of boring him or uncovering her ignorance.
Later,because to listen to a man is to seduce him.