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by Matthew Rawlins

Created on: January 24, 2009 Last Updated: April 13, 2012

Sea Beginnings

The Sea is the keeper, of a world of mystery,
Saline secrets, ages gone, of where we used to be.
Slapping our shores, and rolling our sands
Beyond the horizons of a common lands.

Carry our vessels of peace, fun, and war.
Cradle marine life, feathered and more.
Feeds the Earth, from its wavy bosom,
While thrashing stormy, top to bottom.

Out of its shallows, the first life crawled.
The image indicative of one for us all.
Back to the Sea, is where we'll one day be.
At the mercy of the Deep, too far to see...

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by Natasha Head

Twilight approaches

Casting dull grey shadows

Upon the dull gray sand.

My toes scrunch,

Basking in the coolness

As
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by Jon Coe

Deep rolling undercurrents filled with barnacles and old timber
Seashells and sand migrating with the pull of moon's limber
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by Nathan Thorn

Pulled by a helpful hand,
High above the clouds,
The deep, calm sea moves up the sand,
Not quiet, nor too loud,
A thousand memories
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by Steven Francis

The Water's Burn

Into frothy, rabid clutches sink
flocks of steaming young and old in horror.
Too dark to see in those coal
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by Mike Patrick

ALONE AT SEA

Silent rows of angry waves
Slap against the bow.
With just the movement of the stars
To show time is passing now.

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