Inspired Sea Poems

(Inspired by 'Indigo Night' by Thomas W Case)

A thousand thousand stars pierce the indigo night,
but no moon mars the canvas, or lightens velvet strokes.

Half-hearted waves...

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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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Inspired by the Painting of Vincent Van Gogh 
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Alone by the sea
I’m ruined and darkness fills my eyes
Alone by the sea
I collapse and can’t make me rise

Walking alone to the sea
My legs’ll fail...

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Inspired by Rooms By the Sea by Edward Hopper.

Obscure the eyes provide more to feel
The energy from the ocean meets zeal
My mind expands within this...

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Shells on the beach after a rain.
Carved monoliths.

NB: Inspired by Suzanne Delaney’s contest and subsequent blog (3-29-2023). This form arose from the oral tradition of...

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The Sea of Fog - A Poem Inspired by the famous painting "Wonderer Above Sea of Fog" by Caspar David Friedrich



Mystic mountains all around, 
As...

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Inspired by:
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
Painting by Caspar David Friedrich
(Viewing painting will help make sense of poem)

There is no view of which to speak
Do...

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The moon, the sea conversed
Above, the stars conspired
Within the universe –

And I did so aspire
To capture it in verse
And by it be inspired –...

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Inspired by the shells on the seashore. 

These two shells
By Michelle Morris
02/01/2023

These two shells
May never know each other
They may remain so close
And yet never touch...

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If I were the sea and you were the shore 
Would I be the one that you truly adore?
Would you count your sands like an...

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I wandered lonely as a sailboat in the sea, 
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Whistle... and I'll come to you...
Through the sea, across the land

And with my mittens, 
Warm your hand



[Inspired by reading "S.O.S. Titanic" by Eve Bunting. Read...

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"The sounds of Earth is the music of my soul."


Birds sing tweet~tweet
The ocean waves ring,
After singing they are ready to eat
Earth Sings In The Key...

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Styrax staff in hand
Heals the blind and lost at sea
Calling out “Pearls! Pearls!”
Holding the book of secrets
Deep as the ocean’s abyss


Inspired by the text "The...

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