MARY on the Sea...Sail Enchanted on a Superliner Extravaganza

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oetry on my favo(u)rite ocean liner...prospering through 31 years of service, 7 of which provided troops, and their wives, as pleasent a crossing as she could give in such conditions. This liners maiden voyage was very popular, and widely acclaimed as one of the grandest, most elegant, fastest, and largest ocean liners in the world:



One big Liner
I can very much site her
Making her way
For her very big day
To the USA

A big ship of wonder
One to handle rain and Thunder
Big and strong
So very long

Starting in England
Needing but a helping hand
Sailing through the sea to a remote land

She is oh so very reliable
With her big massive hull
She can handle only the roughest of seas
Being big, able and beautiful as she’s
May I get a glimpse at her please?

She’s as shiny as a cherry
Named after the her royal honor
Why it is the Queen Mary
How I am so fond of her

So come sailing
Hang on the railing
Yes come aboard the most finest ship
That’s big day will surly make a big hit

Sail with Cunard
Sail the Atlantic all the way
That is what I say
Get a ticket now if you may

QE2 Sails to Dubai

Alas, the beloved Cunard Liner Queen Elizabeth 2, or popularily known as QE2, is on her way to Palm Jumeirah Dubai (located in Saudi Arabia) on November 26th, all but two days away from this post. Currently on the Red Sea, she will reach Mina Rashid to become a hotel and tourist attraction much like her predecessor Queen Mary, who became one in Long Beach, California in 1967.

The liner that was built to replace the age of ocean travel, has now been replaced a good fourty years later. She is an icon of the 1960's, as well as a former "modern" form of ocean liner reminice. I myself got a chance to board her on her last call to Los Angeles (San Pedro), California (pier 92) on 30 March 2008, and she proves, by far, a well-noted ocean liner, and, though rather far away, preserved in the generation she has been assigned.

And not to lose hope. For though the 2004 Queen Mary 2 (QM2) is not the QE2, she is now the next generation of "modern" ocean liners. The newest Queen Victoria has graced our ocean in as much style and comfort, and the Cunard Queen on her way, Queen Elizabeth (of the same class as Queen Victoria), shall be add to Cunard Line's historic fleet in 2010.

All this is to remind us that the era of ocean liners are simply at a different place and time. The QE2 will stay with us almost as a statue, a frozen image in time, reminding future generations of the wonders that will be the past. What a glorious one that will be remembered.