Thalassophile

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Thalassophile is a noun that refers to someone who loves the sea. The word is derived from the Greek word thalassa which means sea and the suffix phile which means lover (of).

Alexandrine is the most traditional way to write poetry in French. It could be considered as the French counterpart of the Japanese Haiku.

Alexandrine couplet: Rhyme scheme: (a¹–a²) & (b¹–b²) with natural hemistiches.

Life's tides will ebb and flow as inner tension grows, but balm of ocean’s song, it rights so many wrongs.

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Joanna Daniel

Date: 7/15/2023 8:19:00 AM

So very true, Suzette, soothing like the sea:)

Suzette Richards
Date: 7/15/2023 10:39:00 AM

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 6/21/2023 11:28:00 PM

I used to be a great thalassophile, until I got a bit sick and so did my wife who died seven years ago. Now I am a loner but when I leave home the first thing I see is a stretch of the sea. Guess my heart is still there. A lovely poem which brings me some nostalgia.

Suzette Richards
Date: 6/21/2023 11:36:00 PM

Thank you for visiting my poem, Victor. The sea has always been a part of my life and I can't imagine anything else as soothing as the sound of the waves ...