Poetry: The ocean 151 Articles

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by Nicole Javorsky

The Glistening Waves by Nicole Javorsky Seaweed boas wrap around glimmering guppies As the ribbons of seaweed envelop their lustrous bodies with agility Sand sprawls its long arms across a glowing se...read more

by Jodi

Sea of Anger Salt-scented breezes caress my skin beneath a blanket of blue As we glide across a rippling glass; My reflection dances in the liquid mirror As if to entertain my soul. An ebony sky intrudes, replac...read more

by Victoria Quezada

The Song of The Sea my soul sings with the song of the sea. the smell of the salt - it calls to me. my legs long for the rock of a boat over waves that don't always want it to float.read more

by Vivian Edwards

My mind travels cowardly full of tearful emotion When I wonder about the deep parts of the ocean The bathyal, abyss and hadal The cavernous zones they frighten me I can't comprehend the depth at the bottom of the s...read more

by Clarence Lamberth

The Blow Bleak and sullen turn the roiling skies, Roaring out in fury as lightning flies, Lashing the waves and bedazzling eyes, In livid indignation at Mother Sea's, Attempted usurpation whilst she heaves, Frothin...read more

by Christopher Mcilquham

The ocean, the sea, So vast large and blue. It's the only hurdle, Between Me and You. So full of salt, Just a stretch of brine. It's all that stops you From forever being mine. The current, it stops us At ...read more

by Sherry Akers

I am drawn to her The emerald green glow White peaks of beauty crashing against the shore My peace in life exists here I can sit and stare forever At the beauty God has bestowed on her What a wonderful sight I am ...read more

by Paul Curtis

THE STORM FRONT The gulls screech and scream Swooping above the cliff top While white horses ride the waves below As the tidal surge is broken to a stop Fishing boats appear to dance Driven by weather to the sou...read more

by Tom Mcmurray

The icy mist of moonlight falling pale upon the sea enchants a lonely sailor boy who dreams sweet destiny. He shipped out of Nantucket for his virgin voyage true, to find and kill the mighty whale as part of Ess...read more

by Mariana Somerset

The sea shows off Such lucid beauty So unattainable Yet so desirable But how can such A stunning ambiance Be such a Fatal force of nature? It swallows up The souls of men So mercilessly So vengefully Yet...read more

by Bob Simion

The waves come in dance of bliss forward back then in dancing again Blue waters waltz cuddling sand back in wait entering and the dance moves on with graceread more

by Barrie Haughton

Marooned: ..... Crablocked to rock barnacles suck, bladderwrack hangs on blackwood stumps, sandhoppers jump moon sprung, while fish flicker in shallow pools, at low tide.read more

by Matthew Jaworski

Into the ocean, Slip down the deep, Swim through the valley, Alone and Asleep. Dream of your freedom Dream of your love Dream of our passion Waiting above.read more

by Joseph Han

Sink From brooding depths to reflecting surface The effulgent skies watch before us And beams will flow in our roaring sea Of waste and oblivion Of human disease They've never shined upon this face Within the c...read more

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by Cheryl Ditges

Trade winds carry The faint albatross call; As I look to the oceans Feeling enormously small. As I cast my gaze afar, Faint ripples I see So calmly and at peace They inch towards me. The ripples come and they...read more

by Les Zsoldos

Daylight Out of dawn city houses awakened. Seagulls circled their busy bay. Captains steered through oceans of light. Silent vessels sailed towards day. They welcomed bright times And abandoned all despair. They l...read more

by Gemma Wiseman

Once upon a long long time Once upon a long long time I wandered a lonely heart beat... Strayed on cold sands... Watched darkening waves spilling from long journeys... A...read more

by The Poetess

An Ocean Of lies Multiplying like flys You swim in lifes lies You beg for thinner thighs You eat too much Is that a surprise? We all forget what hard work is until we are forced to swim inevitably in the o...read more

by Col Collier

I live near the ocean, She's at the bottom of our street, A real life living monster, Hiding danger through deceit. She tosses and turns through the night, Her chorus never stops, From one hundered mermaids whisper...read more

by J. Post

The Deep Oh the place I long to be, forever calling out to me. It's spirit flows into my veins, since we met I am not the same. The smell of it so salty sweet, I smell it now in conscious deep. It's warm white boa...read more