Forgotten Ground Regained
A Defence of Moby Dick
Sean Patrick
In Forgotten Ground Regained, Issue 9, Winter 2026
Psalms and Meditations
At sea, where sent · the seething Ahabhis ship – and Ishmael, and she, to die –and whither whales · have whipped the waves,there goes a ghost · of great renown,whom men call Moby · who makes his homethe deep – indeed, a demon-whale –or thus said they. I think it fit,that he who hunts · be haunted so,for ghosts must go · where graves are dug.Harpoons have power, calves pulled from cowsbecome his kind – killers of men.The ocean owes · such offerings.
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