solo race around the world

My Arkea Ultime Challenge race,
Solo race around the world,
It is the poetry that I trace day by day,
My trimaran is happiness and its sails,
I can go around the world, with,
From my home port, Brest,
Crossing Cape Horn is no easy task,
The waves are high and fierce,
The krakens are waiting for us,
The weather varies from one hour to the next, so uncertain,
Write or die
We must brave the southern storms,
I’m going around the world, alone,
My trimaran is the misfortune of others,
Do you know the way to Australia? You, sailor?
You have to be patient and tenacious on your ship,
You have to be brave and dreamy all the time,
Facing the winds of the South, threatening,
To write every day is to change course,
It’s saving the lives of those we love,
Write the poetry of icebergs, tropics,
My solo race is poetry in the open sea,
is a doctrine, a distant cape,
My trimaran, defy time, giant whales,
Would I see my country again? That is the question,
Poetry crosses all the oceans,
Anything can happen,
It’s the Arkea Ultime Challenge, I write, it haunts me.


PS, yesterday Sunday, January 7, 2024, started from Brest a solo race around the world, the boats are monsters (hyper sophisticated trimarans) the images of France 3 were fabulous, a race that I will follow, good wind to the sailors of the exploit
Arkea Ultime Challenge






Ma course Arkea Ultime Challenge,
Course en solitaire autour du monde,
C’est la poésie que je trace au jour le jour,
Mon trimaran, c’est le bonheur et ses voiles,
Je peux faire le tour de la planète, avec,
Depuis mon port d’attache, Brest,
Franchir le Cap Horn, n’est pas une mince affaire,
Les vagues sont hautes et féroces,
Les krakens nous attendent tapis derrière elles,
La météo varie d’une heure à l’autre, si incertaine,
Écrire ou mourir
Il faut braver les tempêtes australes,
Je m’en vais faire le tour du monde, en solitaire,
Mon trimaran, c’est le malheur des autres,
Connais-tu la route de l’Australie ? Toi, marin ?
Il faut être patient et tenace sur son navire,
Il faut être courageux et rêveur tout le temps,
Affronter les vents du Sud, menaçants,
Écrire chaque jour, c’est changer de cap,
C’est sauver la vie de ceux qu’on aime,
Écrire la poésie des icebergs, des tropiques,
Ma course en solitaire, c’est la poésie au grand large,
larguez les amarres est une doctrine, un cap lointain,
Mon trimaran, défie le temps, les baleines géantes,
Reverrais-je mon pays ? Telle est la question,
La poésie traverse tous les océans,
Tout peut arriver,
C’est l’Arkea Ultime Challenge, j’écris, ça me hante.


PS, hier Dimanche 7 janvier 2024, s’est élancée depuis Brest une course en solitaire autour du monde, les bateaux sont des monstres (trimarans hyper sophistiqués) les images de France 3 étaient fabuleuses, une course que je vais suivre, bon vent aux marins de l’exploit
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Date: 1/19/2024 5:05:00 PM
I love your beautiful imagery here, and the exciting race you've described. All my best.
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Yann Rolland
Date: 1/19/2024 8:52:00 PM
thanks Evelyn, writing and sailing have similarities, we are are alone on the ocean, thanks for stopping by
Date: 1/15/2024 4:55:00 PM
Quite the challenge to write as they sail in the around the world race. Great imagery, Yann. Happy sailing, my friend. A poet friend in Texas, Bill
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Yann Rolland
Date: 1/19/2024 8:54:00 PM
i can only admire them, Bill, they are champions, they accomplish inhuman challenge, thanks for stopping by and supporting, have a great week end
Date: 1/14/2024 3:37:00 PM
I learned a lot from this poem. Keep traveling on, poet. :)
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Yann Rolland
Date: 1/19/2024 8:55:00 PM
thanks Paige, french love sailing around the world, there are great races here for champions, i always admire the challenge have a great week end
Date: 1/11/2024 5:08:00 PM
Very clever poem and the writing journey is the trip, like you say. Enjoyed!
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Yann Rolland
Date: 1/12/2024 1:53:00 AM
thanks David, for the kind supportive note, "you are the clever man", i think, thank you so much
Date: 1/11/2024 1:27:00 PM
oh wow, so this was an actual race. I'd never heard of it. This is really cool.
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Yann Rolland
Date: 1/12/2024 1:55:00 AM
thank you andrea, Frenchies are fond of that kind of race around the world, this is cool as you say kindly, have a sweet day
Date: 1/11/2024 12:57:00 PM
yann, this is truly a wonderful voyage in reality as well as great poetics. I love the images of krakens; whales; tropical poetry, and icebergs. "Écrire ou mourir" and "La poésie traverse tous les océans; so beautifully expressed. Definitely to be read in the original French even if not understood lol; it simply rolls off the tongue. Thanks so much for this sailing adventure :)
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Yann Rolland
Date: 1/12/2024 1:59:00 AM
Thank you so much, Jeff, i follow the races and competition between great adventurers, i had luck, they started the race from my hometown, it is quite a show, and these mordern sailboat are really "monsters", you seem to really know about, thanks fo the kind support, enjoyed it
Date: 1/11/2024 11:33:00 AM
This is your best one so far... especially the translation.. nicely done..
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Yann Rolland
Date: 1/12/2024 2:01:00 AM
thanks a lot SO, i think i was inspired beautifully by the great sailors, they are genius, they deserve a "great" poem, thanks for being so kind and supportive
Date: 1/11/2024 11:28:00 AM
Bon chanc'e mes amis.' Francios. Ces't magnifiqe Yann.'
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Yann Rolland
Date: 1/12/2024 2:02:00 AM
merci Joe, bonne chance comme tu dis à ces marins, thanks for the french elegant words
Date: 1/11/2024 6:46:00 AM
Must be a wonderful piece of travel to go around the world on a mighty ship. Wonderful.
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Yann Rolland
Date: 1/12/2024 2:05:00 AM
thanks Victor, i regrets, o do not have their 'guts" and courage, i can only be a writer and admire, them, thanks for your supportive comment
Date: 1/11/2024 6:06:00 AM
Wonderfully descriptive poem Yann--enjoyed the journey through your poem.
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Yann Rolland
Date: 1/12/2024 2:07:00 AM
Thanks Vijav for the nice comment, it is a journey in fact, even with words, have a sweet day
Date: 1/11/2024 3:08:00 AM
This is so deep and powerful and conveys so much in such a poetic manner. How you travel through many realms in the form of poetry in eloquence, braving through storms or sun! How creative is this! Very well written! Excellent diction Pleasure reading your work. Sending you light always
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Yann Rolland
Date: 1/12/2024 2:08:00 AM
Thanks IE , for the light you send, your comment was so nice, enjoyed every word, like e sweet wine, have a sweet day
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