Best Indian Ocean Poems

My heart cries for thousands and thousands of people
those who perished in the earthquake-spawned waves;
known as tsunami, the worst natural disaster
that caused tons and tons of deaths across Asian countries.

It’s a great tragedy, a giant blow to humanity,
with its repercussions to all spheres of life...

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Her body was the sea 
Hips were the tides 
I used to ride my canoe in the morning 
The current always got rough at night...

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Greater than an English home,

Greater than a Japanese wife,

Greater than Lankan tea,

The great Indian sea!...

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The Indian Ocean is mean and deep
And careless sailing often death doth reap
It’s wild and vast a lonesome place to be
Needing to ply these waters has no glee
Angry relentless waves tall meters high
And troughs below seem to hide sails from sky
There’s no release from swirling...

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Written 19 November 2023
No. 1259 New Poems Only Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Stand

                            A Land Where East Meets...

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She turned ten;wasn't there
In love and war,all is fair
Father and daughter apart
Now off to a new start

She turned twenty, not present, if I say
Only an Indian ocean away 
Time lost; absence felt
My heart,my life had to melt

She turned thirty in the land of the free
Once...

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