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Best Shoreline Poems

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Premium Member Shoreline
The ocean waves come rolling in
There’s not a soul in sight
With heaving breath they break on shore
And burst in brilliant white.

The sound of wind is...

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Categories: shoreline, sea, wind,
Form: Rhyme



Shoreline
Watching sunrise, shoreline's ablaze
Love letter sent from Thee
I sing a psalm, an Easter palm
And start my day with glee.

Watching sunset, shoreline's agleam
A note Thou sent...

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© Kp Nunez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: shoreline, beauty, god, sea, thanksgiving,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Waterfall of Shadows
I watch
as sun slides down in the sky.
The shadows increase in length,
a dark waterfall descending 
upon the sandy beach.
Slowly I inhale and exhale,
savoring the fresh...

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Categories: shoreline, eve,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mind Dance
Mind Dance

I hear you calling me
I feel you on the wind
Playing with my hair
Grazing my cheek
With kiss’s shadow

Upon your distant shores
Perched on craggy rocks
Upon sunlit...

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Categories: shoreline, appreciation, beauty, bird, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Liberty of Expression Is Here
Why I am here in Poetrysoup?

I like a seed carelessly thrown 
upon dirty solid black, brown rocks,
I strive, thrived to grow 
despite big rough blocks..

words......

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Categories: shoreline, poems, poetess, poetry, write,
Form: Free verse



She Collected Sea Shells, I Collected Sand - Repost
She collected sea shells, I collected sand

She collected sea shells,
I collected sand
She searched for the perfect one
I reached down my hand

I carried a bucket
A basket...

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Categories: shoreline, beach, fun, love, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Tributaries Of Black Tulips - Collaboration with 'Ink Empress'

When heinous fangs
of life drain
the amethyst glow
flowing above 
infected ripples of time,
I question the 
chaos that claims
serenity through 
saline serenade 
of sirens, composed 
with midnight...

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Categories: shoreline, black love, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rock Turtles
Rock turtles in blue waters . . .their crawl so slow it’s imperceptible


2/20/2016  Based on a beautiful picture of a New England shoreline....

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Categories: shoreline, nature,
Form: Monoku
Fireflies
It's so dark outside, my eyes can't distinguish where sand meets water. Somehow, dusk has come and gone, plunging the evening into darkness. 
 
But...

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Categories: shoreline, love, nature, me, light,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Sweep In Like a Summer Breeze
Melodies of magical wind chimes
Carry me back to such blissful times
Hand-in-hand we planned for a long life
Dreams to share as you made me your wife

When...

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Categories: shoreline, husband, lost love,
Form: Lyric
The Girl With Blue Aruba Eyes
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She stood amidst the tropic breeze
the girl with blue Aruba eyes
Between the fruiting mango trees
neath pastel sunset shimmered skies

Meandering this summer’s eve
we stroll the shoreline...

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Categories: shoreline, good night,
Form: Rhyme
Every Grain of Sand
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For every grain of sand the ocean shoreline comes to move
To count them all a task so very long
Fill your hand with grains that come...

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Categories: shoreline, good night,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rise And Fall
inspired by The Platters song, ‘Ebb Tide’

Rise And Fall
Salty tears ebbing away on moon’s tide
as whispered love echoes on ocean waves
across caramel sands where hearts...

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Categories: shoreline, beach, romance, sea,
Form: Terzanelle
Premium Member Funeral For a Friend
Shattered glass
Broken promises
Loves untied knots
Black roses weaving in summer winds

We all will die, the days are duly marked
In the book of reaping angels
Who till the...

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Categories: shoreline, dedication, eulogy, introspection,
Form: Light Verse
Tears Fell On Ebb Tide
The hungry mouth of misery swallowed me.
In sorrow I walked the edge of a cerulean sea.
Along its shoreline, my wistful eyes have wept.
Tears fell on...

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Categories: shoreline, lost love, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs