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Start with a whole bunch of seashells. Add sand, and maybe a lighthouse. Stir in some fish, and maybe some seagulls hovering over the rocks in the distance. Humans are optional but try to add children building sandcastles on the beach. Then make sure you emphasize how the tide will wash them away and how life is like that, boo hoo.

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Date: 8/9/2016 3:34:00 PM
I've written many poems about the sea, none had seashells or children, all had a least one human, mostly feeling small in context with the sea..my first thought after reading your interesting poem
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Christine Lehman
Date: 8/9/2016 4:26:00 PM
OK - thanks for your thoughts!
Date: 8/9/2016 12:29:00 PM
If for a contest reads like good material..Enjoyed learning what kind of poems and poets that you enjoy..Sara
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Christine Lehman
Date: 8/9/2016 12:38:00 PM
Thank you, Sara!

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