Companion to Calypso

<p>Preface to the Companion</p><p>        On completion of the Ballad of Calypso I felt compelled to bring out the poetic outline allowing it to stand alone and relate this adventure to that audience who enjoy the music embedded in rhyming poetry. There are no instruments however the foot may begin tapping or the body rocking as the reader follows the story. As mentioned this is an outline. It will carry the reader through the entire journey quickly and smoothly. Where it lacks in prosaic details found in the book it is filled with the music which the prose interrupts.</p><p>       This is Calypso's log book <em>and</em> the rhyme in Rhyme of the Modern Mariner. The reader may gain insight into the mind of the mariner living on the fringe on land and at sea for months in the Doldrums the Trade Winds and the stormy North Pacific Equinox.  </p><p>        This is a ballad which allows the writer to tell a true story in terms that are more like painting a picture than using the written word to convey an image to the reader. One hopes the reader will get the feel of being at the helm of a small sailboat negotiating the twists and turns bridges and inlets of the Intra Coastal Waterway. Negotiate the treacherous reefs of the Caribbean and feel the boat ride big waves and climb the rigging in a heavy seaway. </p><p>Meet the critters who joined Calypso on her ninety-seven day journey from Panama to Hawaii. The trials and tribulations of a couple in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in a sinking wooden boat. It's all here an invitation to take a chance and go for it at least once in a lifetime. DMc</p>