Plot

Today’s prompt:

Today, we’d like to challenge you to write – without consulting the book – a poem that recounts the plot, or some portion of the plot, of a novel that you remember having liked but that you haven’t read in a long time.

Following today’s prompt, this poem is about a famous book I read when I was a teenager.

Seaside town, small
boats knocking against one another
in low tide 

One man far apart,
deep within the horizon 
seeking fame
or survival

Prize hard won
And slowly disappears again 
On long journey home 

Grand and fickle success,
Tired at the end of life
And a black cat crossing the road