Best Oceanic Poems
ripples of blue ebb
as ocean pebbles crumble--
washing summer out
Tania Kitchin's Ocean Waves Haiku Contest
1/27/2019
Categories:
oceanic, ocean, summer,
Form:
Haiku
How grand it is when blue sky meets the sea,
may sky and sand and water ever be,
reflected in this topsy-turvy lea.
Oh, let the stars fall down, and over we.
Will you meet me where the foam froths and roils,
where waves pound upon glistening soil,
and seagull's squawk in mismatched harmony;
oh, let the stars fall down, and over we.
Sea tossed, the dross shines upon the strand.
Gemstones are born, where the sky meets the land.
meet me down by the rush of lulling sea;
oh, let the stars fall down, and over we.
Here we will lie for all eternity,
with life and death, and our love of the sea.
Scenic Point by Robert Butler
Categories:
oceanic, allegory, dedication, devotion, faith,
Form:
Sonnet
before sleep embraces me
I look into my love's eyes
soul-swept by azure waves of
oceanic peace
for Line Gauthier's the 'Bitesize Poem no52' Poetry Contest
Categories:
oceanic, love, night, peace,
Form:
Dodoitsu
I swim deep within the sea,
I swim with dolphins
And it sets me free,
Another world opening up to me,
Amazing colours dazzling me,
From the various and different species,
I see the coral reef and sea anemones
I feel the solitude but I am not alone,
I see a great whale passing me,
There are so many incredible things,
From small crustaceans live by vents of volcanos
That should be crushed by the pressure I believe,
They have no sight for there is no light,
They are an incredible feat of the sea
Surviving in an environment that would kill you and me,
Compare them to a great and gentle whale
So very huge it takes your breathe away,
It shows how the sea can accommodate
Many more things that creation made,
It is a home to everything
This different world, this seeming fantasy
But everything in and about it is real
And to me has the most beautiful appeal.
Categories:
oceanic, inspirational, nature, ocean, sea,
Form:
Free verse
Oceanic Mistress
You are enticing, you are alluring
You are my mistress
I walk your soft shores today, feeling your calmness and serenity
You gently caress me with the lapping of your warm waves
I am at one with you, and one with nature
But I am wary and respectful of your unbridled power, so easily unleashed
Dare to venture into misguided waters and your hidden, dark and menacing tide, could rip me and drag me beneath.
Suffering Poseidon’s fury, smashed into the dark abyss
This is your world, your domain since time immemorial
Neither conquered or controlled by any force or entity
You give life and nurture existence, but spare no grace when you take them away
It’s Man’s greatest folly thinking we can subdue you
You are the one who has tamed us, and, in the passing of a heartbeat, our co-existence will end forever
Humanity will disappear, yet the all-powerful oceanic mistress and her tidal beauty will remain.
Categories:
oceanic, beach, beauty, environment, ocean,
Form:
Free verse
Sitting betwixt these margins outside their box; exactly
Where they wish as need to be ? Growing somewhat weary
Artsy-craftsy's aurora australis articulations; dangling in poetics
Literaturistic high wires acts an arobic miscalculation ? Lese majesty
Essential's evolution morphed their scenes alabaster she and, a revolution.
Categories:
oceanic, angel, art, autumn, love,
Form:
We have no sabbath sense
deep enough
wet enough
searching baptismally enough
for Earth's oceanic atmosphere.
Sabbath is for monotheistic cities
and castled lands
we anthro-supremacist share
to weekday busyness hold them
six weakly orthodox dry days per week
On lands we sell ourselves
to uneasily rest
deeply contest
land-based sixes
and sacred sevens
Crowding human over-splattered population
huddling beneath self-mattered desecrated sabbaths
longing to land-based rabid breed
deeper nourished oceanic sacramentals
higher flourished seasoned ornamentals.
Over these past several seasick years
Sunday crawls back toward Atlantic's western shore,
border stretch of dry as lustless dust
then wet love-drenched sand
leading out to ocean's deep sustaining
Atlantis-Pacific round wet sabbath
Populated more and more
by all-consuming human barging desecration,
I notice my slowly growing urge
to run then walk then swim to float away
from continental fractured unrest
Compelled to seek a cooler wetter nest
where sabbaths still speak sea-psalm gullibly
in bygone blissful birdsongs
swaying surging suds
of soulfully submerging
saliently surfing
salty sacramental tears
reviving EarthPacific SunDays.
Categories:
oceanic, addiction, earth, health, ocean,
Form:
Free verse
Gulpin’ kelp, keepin’ me trim…
Fill it to the rim!
Vagabond dope
Don’t do dope
Thriftydrift Frank
Never seen the bank
Sillypill Willy
Sportin’ shrunken lily
KellyJane Superbeg
Win the game, show the leg
Sandy Candy
Not too dandy
Beachnymph scrapeape
Frictionwitch lacergrate
Fishydish squishywish
Krabknish quitedelish
Categories:
oceanic, sea,
Form:
Alliteration
Foaming horizon sapphire
fountain eye to admire
living elements to dream
motions in all extreme
ethereal dance of blue
never ending new
waters melancholy
renouncing all folly
no end of being at place
taste of ideal grace
Categories:
oceanic, fantasy,
Form:
Ballade
~~Of Dreams Oeanic~~~
Six Haikus
Turquoise seawater
Swirls, splashes the sea floor
Love through its sands
Diving very deep
Where is your warm,salty hand
Gleam, glorious now
My Pacific amour
May the waves, hasten our ardor
Poseidon, our guide
Sea urchins cheer us
In the darkest sea shadows
Sharks do a circle dance
For we have found
Southern Exposure, our romance
Sunken Sapphire stars
Twin tidal waves
Powerful in our solitude
Sh, just you, just me
* not for a contest*
7/8/2020
9pm PST
Categories:
oceanic, beautiful, fantasy, love, mythology,
Form:
Haiku
Swimming in the ocean
a wincing couple pinches
Little creature on my leg
not more than six or seven inches
I looked again, to my surprise
Hello! - a trilobite!
Two pincers jutting from its head
tiny, fearsome sight
I scolded it: 'You are extinct'
'Now go away and I won't tell
You'll get to live another day.'
He stayed... So, I swatted him
to prehistoric hell ~
THE STUPID ONE-CELL DUMBBELL
Categories:
oceanic, fantasy, giggle, hyperbole, ocean,
Form:
Rhyme
Loneliness is not what I’m looking forward to
Distress was not part of my gladness, so true
Oceanic, ominous waves bring me down sometimes, darling so free
Tension-packed, traumatic nervousness gives me moments of mere bravery
Oceanic, ominous waves swallow me whole and silence takes its toll substantially,
Eventually washing away the jubilance that blooms like the sun of the afternoon
Gladness and God’s grace makes me flutter away and sway away oh so beautifully
Like a suave butterfly out of a vicacious cocoon that flies in the month of June
Love from above is essential and beneficial to my heart of cold stone
I’m like a resonating, dynamic dove in the sky, then captivated in descending disheartenment
I rove in fields of blues and grays - the ominous waves, alone,
Have scared me off and made my optimism die and now, I am facing dire discouragement
Emotionally inclined and woeful waters spill out from my oceanic eyes
Getting rid of the guilty conscience and fighting back lust and lies
Crimson rain, like waterfalls, collide from the wounds of my heart’s desire
I want to be as pure as amber-colored auras around the rather dazzling fire
I’m as freezing hot as fire below the waters of wistfulness
I want to boil up your wondrous waves of blissfulness
I don’t want to look back at the ominous waves of fearful fretfulness
I don’t want to backtrack the sorrow from within you and I regardless
Majestic, mesmerizing movement of the sparkling sea moves us for an eternity
It brings me benevolent bliss and leaves the gloomy waves envious of our serenity
I just don’t want to be humiliated by hatred and its horrendous thunderstorm
Instead, let me feel the monsoons of meandering magnificence unfold and keep my kindred spirits warm
Evaporate the oceanic, ominous waves from tearing us apart -
Drown not my hopes and joys of my youth from my heart; give me a reason to venture on my own
We are a ship of vital vigilance and shimmering might from the start
I am much like a seashore-bound shipwreck, once wandering through the abyssal waters all alone
Ascending awesomely like the exuberant, extraterrestrial mountains
Oceanic, ominous waves try to break me into shards of empty misery,
Expressing my solitude’s serene solace through my poetic words
Loneliness is not what I’m looking forward to, but to release it like birds
Categories:
oceanic, beautiful, deep, ocean,
Form:
Rhyme
an abnormal surge
purification i thought
tsunami mountains
25 June 2021
Categories:
oceanic, natural disasters,
Form:
Haiku
Sailing into the horizon
Admiring the Sunset
Distance far from the shores
Refreshing breezes
Bridges and Lighthouses along the way
Whales and Dolphins doing their dazzling maneuvers
Sharks looking to attack
The oceanic feeling like a gateway of opportunity
God’s watery creation
Heaven’s sensation
Rainbows of hope
The drift having a sail
Wonders beyond and deep
Oceans never cease
Tomorrows that continue
Every today a take in
Viewing and observing
Peaceful and calm
Tranquil mind
Writing thoughts that pop in
Calm waves forming relaxed emotions
Inspiration rise
Open air to wise
Oceanic emphasize
Categories:
oceanic, adventure, bible, blessing, courage,
Form:
Free verse
One night out upon the raging sea,
In a storm so dark the stars did flee,
When in a moment a massive wave,
Sent a ship to a cold, watery grave.
From another deck, a wreath was thrown,
For the brave crew that joined Davey Jones,
Red roses that marked an unknown spot,
A simple act done with profound thought.
Those of the sea spurn long morbid woe,
But give honor to those lost below,
In a sea that offers much can take,
Friend and foe that demands great respect.
Upon the shore, gentle waves roll in,
Bringing a message from those brave men,
True mates resting in that murky den,
“Given the chance, we’d all sail again.”
Not to sail again is thought amiss,
Fear of the oceanic abyss,
And its haunting terror cannot keep,
Men from sailing o’er the briny deep.
Categories:
oceanic, courage, death, farewell, grave,
Form:
Rhyme