Least Read Poems About the Sea
#sea
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
3rd Jun 2024 4:50pm
3rd Jun 2024 4:50pm
Shimmering Sea
I watch it all around me
this deep shimmering sea
how these waves roll
with a silent wisdom to extol
Out to where ocean meets sky
a thousand sparkling diamonds try
to make their singular point
make this moment then anoint
When ancient mariners learned
as a silent sun burned
high above the waves
leading to forgotten enclaves
Islands dotting the blue map
as I seek to fill in the gap
between here and now
between sword and plow
Learning a little from each
as I again strive to reach ...
this deep shimmering sea
how these waves roll
with a silent wisdom to extol
Out to where ocean meets sky
a thousand sparkling diamonds try
to make their singular point
make this moment then anoint
When ancient mariners learned
as a silent sun burned
high above the waves
leading to forgotten enclaves
Islands dotting the blue map
as I seek to fill in the gap
between here and now
between sword and plow
Learning a little from each
as I again strive to reach ...
#confessional
#sea
#travel
#TruthOfLife
#WritingPoetry
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LilDragonFly
Poem Published
24th Jun 2024 12:51pm
24th Jun 2024 12:51pm
Drifting Ice
Wouldn’t it be nice
to live a life of drifting ice
carried along by the tide
just coming along for the ride
With no particular place to go
nothing left to prove or show
just accepting it all
hearing Nature and her call
Leaving behind human things
such as the chase for brass rings
more things to have or own
more sins for me to atone
As I follow the Gulf Stream
living in a waking dream
with no losing or winning
with no end nor beginning
While I feel each feeling felt ...
to live a life of drifting ice
carried along by the tide
just coming along for the ride
With no particular place to go
nothing left to prove or show
just accepting it all
hearing Nature and her call
Leaving behind human things
such as the chase for brass rings
more things to have or own
more sins for me to atone
As I follow the Gulf Stream
living in a waking dream
with no losing or winning
with no end nor beginning
While I feel each feeling felt ...
#confessional
#nature
#sea
#TruthOfLife
#WritingPoetry
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1 Comment
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
24th Jun 2024 8:55pm
24th Jun 2024 8:55pm
Poems in the Ice
Written over a thousand years
briny as a lifetime of tears
I read these poems in the ice
rhymes of loss and sacrifice
Sculpted by wind, snow and rain
each is an elegy to death and pain
a reminder of life and its fragility
penned with such a deft agility
For the ice is slow to melt
to ever share any feeling felt
instead keeping it all inside
whether from fear or just pride
So, I recite every single line
no matter how coarse or fine
giving each its own voice
in a lifetime of consequential choice
...
briny as a lifetime of tears
I read these poems in the ice
rhymes of loss and sacrifice
Sculpted by wind, snow and rain
each is an elegy to death and pain
a reminder of life and its fragility
penned with such a deft agility
For the ice is slow to melt
to ever share any feeling felt
instead keeping it all inside
whether from fear or just pride
So, I recite every single line
no matter how coarse or fine
giving each its own voice
in a lifetime of consequential choice
...
#confessional
#sea
#snow
#travel
#WritingPoetry
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2 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
20th Feb 2022 11:06pm
20th Feb 2022 11:06pm
Sailing into the Sun
Hope is always a moving target
elusive…
yet still conducive
to a most graceful way to age
While sailing to the east
chasing a rising sun
ending before it has begun
to turn the tattered page
As I now embrace the day
taking precious time
to listen to Her rhyme
lines forever sage
Sailing into the sun
with a most grateful heart
the perfect place to start
to at long last engage
elusive…
yet still conducive
to a most graceful way to age
While sailing to the east
chasing a rising sun
ending before it has begun
to turn the tattered page
As I now embrace the day
taking precious time
to listen to Her rhyme
lines forever sage
Sailing into the sun
with a most grateful heart
the perfect place to start
to at long last engage
#hope
#sea
#confessional
#WritingPoetry
#dawn
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LilDragonFly
Poem Published
26th Feb 2022 10:50am
26th Feb 2022 10:50am
Seaphonic
I love it when the night
once again surrounds
with its nautical sounds
such a symphony of delight
In the absence of all light
I hear how each wave pounds
while it still further grounds
me with its melody so bright
Tickled by this warm breeze
while I stroll along the shore
Conversing with the laden trees
about those lazy days of yore
To at last grasp now with ease
all these mysteries I did implore
once again surrounds
with its nautical sounds
such a symphony of delight
In the absence of all light
I hear how each wave pounds
while it still further grounds
me with its melody so bright
Tickled by this warm breeze
while I stroll along the shore
Conversing with the laden trees
about those lazy days of yore
To at last grasp now with ease
all these mysteries I did implore
#sea
#beach
#confessional
#sonnet
#dawn
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LilDragonFly
Poem Published
8th May 2022 5:44pm
8th May 2022 5:44pm
Sunset on Water
No matter where I may be
seeing sunset on the sea
steals my breath
makes me stop and pause
Giving me just cause
to feel the joy within
once again begin
believing in Her divinity
A true glimpse of infinity
wrapped up in this now
no longer needing to know how
gravitational physics explains it all
How each rhythmic rise and fall
of the ever intrepid tide
upon this ocean so wide
is able to always calm
A soothing spiritual balm
for a post modern mind ...
seeing sunset on the sea
steals my breath
makes me stop and pause
Giving me just cause
to feel the joy within
once again begin
believing in Her divinity
A true glimpse of infinity
wrapped up in this now
no longer needing to know how
gravitational physics explains it all
How each rhythmic rise and fall
of the ever intrepid tide
upon this ocean so wide
is able to always calm
A soothing spiritual balm
for a post modern mind ...
#sea
#sun
#nature
#spiritual
#confessional
7 reads
3 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
25th Jun 2024 7:12pm
25th Jun 2024 7:12pm
Arctic Grey
What is there left to say
with so many things to see
wrapped up in this arctic grey
a deeper gift for free
About the ambiguity of life
to always make its point
this keen acuity of strife
a sacred oil to then anoint
All deeds done and undone
say so much about me
all beneath the midnight sun
where I may let it all be
Leaving sorrow in the past
where it truly belongs
to make memories that last
lyrics for far happier songs
While I continue on pack ice
follow along in their flow
never...
with so many things to see
wrapped up in this arctic grey
a deeper gift for free
About the ambiguity of life
to always make its point
this keen acuity of strife
a sacred oil to then anoint
All deeds done and undone
say so much about me
all beneath the midnight sun
where I may let it all be
Leaving sorrow in the past
where it truly belongs
to make memories that last
lyrics for far happier songs
While I continue on pack ice
follow along in their flow
never...
#clouds
#confessional
#sea
#snow
#travel
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LilDragonFly
Poem Published
21st May 2022 2:09pm
21st May 2022 2:09pm
San Francisco
My sweet city by the bay
does things in its own way
bathed in a cool chill
in lightly salted air
For each long broad street
is always ready to meet
the promise of this morning
the hope of each new day
While the clanks and bells
of the cable car tells
many sorted stories
many forgotten tales
I come here now to lose
my uptight East Coast self ...
does things in its own way
bathed in a cool chill
in lightly salted air
For each long broad street
is always ready to meet
the promise of this morning
the hope of each new day
While the clanks and bells
of the cable car tells
many sorted stories
many forgotten tales
I come here now to lose
my uptight East Coast self ...
#city
#sea
#confessional
#WritingPoetry
#travel
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LilDragonFly
Poem Published
13th Aug 2023 1:22pm
13th Aug 2023 1:22pm
On the Water
Just give me a shimmering sea
a following wind following me
a chance to make amends
for the life of one who pretends
Simply killing time
jotting down scraps of rhyme
doing anything to avoid
this life left forever devoid
As I do seek to finally find
the succulent fruit within the rind
finding it bittersweet
within this emptiness replete
Always seeming to head somewhere
but never actually arriving there
this contentment ever elusive
fleeing a past ever more abusive
And yet it is here I...
a following wind following me
a chance to make amends
for the life of one who pretends
Simply killing time
jotting down scraps of rhyme
doing anything to avoid
this life left forever devoid
As I do seek to finally find
the succulent fruit within the rind
finding it bittersweet
within this emptiness replete
Always seeming to head somewhere
but never actually arriving there
this contentment ever elusive
fleeing a past ever more abusive
And yet it is here I...
#hope
#sea
#confessional
#LifeAsAWriter
#TruthOfLife
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LilDragonFly
Poem Published
19th Feb 2022 10:54am
19th Feb 2022 10:54am
Sea at Night
The deep pitch then roll
once more takes its toll
on this straight and narrow course
while I feel the heaving waves
As I ride the black ink
still trying to think
of what now to say
before this ever blank page
Each word a distant light
drowning in a blackened night
trying to swim
trying to float
Spending this quiet time
in a vane pursuit of rhyme
longing for new lines
pining for true stanzas
Adrift on this sea at night
now engaged in the write
nor knowing where to go ...
once more takes its toll
on this straight and narrow course
while I feel the heaving waves
As I ride the black ink
still trying to think
of what now to say
before this ever blank page
Each word a distant light
drowning in a blackened night
trying to swim
trying to float
Spending this quiet time
in a vane pursuit of rhyme
longing for new lines
pining for true stanzas
Adrift on this sea at night
now engaged in the write
nor knowing where to go ...
#sea
#night
#confessional
#WritersBlock
#WritingPoetry
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LilDragonFly
Poem Published
22nd Feb 2022 6:21pm
22nd Feb 2022 6:21pm
Sea Foam
This snowy white froth
feels its bliss
makes its hiss
spreading out wide
in a gesture of hope
with an infinite slope
feels its bliss
makes its hiss
spreading out wide
in a gesture of hope
with an infinite slope
#hope
#sea
#water
#nature
#peace
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LilDragonFly
Poem Published
30th Apr 2022 7:46am
30th Apr 2022 7:46am
Ocean at Winter
Funny how each wave
seems to struggle to save
this frigid moment
this lonely truth
With each dull roar
I again sense more
more to this place
more to this hour
Fresh snow and wet sand
cover the icy land
cover the bitter shore
blown by the winter wind
Stealing my breath
a quick cold death
until I again inhale
regain my shifting footing
Recalling all the years
collecting up my tears
while each one will splinter
filling this ocean in winter
seems to struggle to save
this frigid moment
this lonely truth
With each dull roar
I again sense more
more to this place
more to this hour
Fresh snow and wet sand
cover the icy land
cover the bitter shore
blown by the winter wind
Stealing my breath
a quick cold death
until I again inhale
regain my shifting footing
Recalling all the years
collecting up my tears
while each one will splinter
filling this ocean in winter
#sea
#beach
#winter
#confessional
#TruthOfLife
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