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diff --git a/exampleSite/content/poem/o-captain.md b/exampleSite/content/poem/o-captain.md deleted file mode 100644 index bfdb4c0..0000000 --- a/exampleSite/content/poem/o-captain.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,56 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "O Captain! My Captain!" -date: 2022-02-02T23:56:58+02:00 -draft: false -type: poem -author: Walt Whitman -editor: Alex Gil -source: Poetry Foundation ---- - -- O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;[^1] -- The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, -- The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, -- While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; -- {{< indent 3 >}}But O heart! heart! heart! -- {{< indent 4 >}}O the bleeding drops of red, -- {{< indent 5 >}}Where on the deck my Captain lies, -- {{< indent 6 >}}Fallen cold and dead. -- {{< br >}} -- O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; -- Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle[^2] trills, -- For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding, -- For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; -- {{< indent 3 >}}Here Captain! dear father! -- {{< indent 4 >}}This arm beneath your head! -- {{< indent 5 >}}It is some dream that on the deck, -- {{< indent 6 >}}You’ve fallen cold and dead. -- {{< br >}} -- My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,[^3] -- My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will, -- The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done, -- From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won; -- {{< indent 3 >}}Exult O shores, and ring O bells! -- {{< indent 4 >}}But I with mournful tread, -- {{< indent 5 >}}Walk the deck my Captain lies, -- {{< indent 6 >}}Fallen cold and dead. - - ---- - -## Footnotes -<!-- editorconfig-checker-disable --> -[^1]: - - The author had just landed in La Guardia Airport after the flight captain died. All the passengers stood up to applaud the co-pilot. We have it in good authority that the event in question led Yoko Ono to write her "Letter to John": - - > - On a windy day let's go flying - > - There may be no trees to rest on - > - There may be no clouds to ride - > - But we'll have our wings and the wind will be with us - > - That's enough for me, that's enough for me. - {:.poetry} -<!-- editorconfig-checker-enable --> -[^2]: The bugle is a small trumpet implicated in the military industrial complex. - -[^3]: Another footnote. Why not? |
