Jack London and I.....

Just over one-hundred years ago, Jack London sailed his ship - the Snark - on a Pacific voyage and visited many of the South Sea islands. He landed in Tahiti and Raiatea (two of my favorites) and wrote of it in his non-fiction book "The Cruise of the Snark". Like all good writers, he was observant and could translate the physical experience into words that allow others to catch a glimpse of, and vicariously live, that experience.

Having been to the sun-kissed lagoons of Tahiti and Raiatea (and many others) I found this partial paragraph in one of his books - "The Star Rover" - to deeply resonate with me:

"Aloft, at giddy mast-heads oscillating above the decks of ships, I have gazed on sun-flashed water where coral-growths iridesced from profounds of turquoise deeps, and conned ships in to the safety of mirrored lagoons where the anchors rumbled down close to palm-fronded beaches of sea-pounded coral rock."

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London, Jack. The Star Rover. White Plains, NY: Aeon Pub., 1999. Print.