Inspired Sea Poems | Examples
These Inspired Sea poems are examples of Sea poems about Inspired. These are the best examples of Sea Inspired poems written by international poets.
sea nymph falling prey
to harsh world realities
~ love overrated
Inspired by Ondine which is a play written in 1938 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, based on the 1811 novella Undine by the German Romantic Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Dark louring clouds,
Golden hues of flirting pirouettes,
Hushed waters,
A gentle breeze in whispering conversation,
Lovers' bliss,
Dream's honeycomb,
The soul shall have its sweets,
And taste love floating free,
Where the shore kisses the sea,
With subtle coquetry.
I shall meet my heart,
Where her emotions are soaked,
She will lure me into her depths,
To caress that special flame,
I shall not resist the urge,
Standing on the edge,
Where my fall will be splashing delights,
And when you have had me,
I shall confess,
That never have I loved like this,
Where everything in me is consumed,
By delicious flows,
Of sea song and heartbeat waves.
Unexpectedly
inspired by a Péladan jeremiad,
the red moon laughs at the sea
and the possum-ness of the possum;
Churlish blood rays remain
a never never world utterance of the jungle,
Every lupercalian dragonfly
conspires with brooding
red hibiscus flowers;
On a night like this,
all creation winces and endures
before melting into a black water mirage
of broken feverish brush strokes
and fruit bats in a mangrove swamp.
Mesmerising every soul, as a milk-white opal
Opening its crooked jaw, showing the void within
Birthed from fire and lust, in the bitter waters
Yet, by its breath, it filters pale light from darkness
Demon from the abyss, now clothed in angelic white
Imprinted with hieroglyphics and astral signs
Concealed by the fathomless waves from every eye
Killing every pearly soul, binding every star
Inspired by the sperm whale from the famous book Moby-Dick (whom the book is named after), and the sea giant from Manichaean cosmology.
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 reside.
Coves of sheltered inlets harbour veiled caves
that glistens with laced, seaborne aqua foam
as whispered love echoes on ocean waves.
I caress the shoreline where oft I roam
under wistful, silver of shallow sky
that glistens with laced, seaborne aqua foam.
Footprints merge upon sands of time as my
lover waits with arms of open embrace
under wistful, silver of shallow sky.
Bodies cling, like sea to shore, face to face
with the rise and fall on ocean’s tipped crest,
lover waits with arms of open embrace
and I wander no more at peace to rest —
salty tears ebbing away on moon’s tide
with the rise and fall on ocean’s tipped crest
across caramel sands where hearts reside.
Inspired by the Painting of Vincent Van Gogh
"Fishing Boats On The Beach at Les Saintes"
sky stunning sapphire, sand spectacular amber, sail-boats snoozing snug...
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 “call and response.” In the rhythm of their work and perhaps in the spirit of a game or to relieve boredom, people would call out to each other. The first speaker called out a line that contained an image. A second speaker replied using a second image. This second image was meant to function as an elaboration or metaphor of the first. No titles, no particular rhyme or syllabic scheme.
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 a sea of fog is abound
The wanderer looks to the view ahead,
Standing tall, no fear or dread
The sea of fog, a dream-like sight,
Only letting in just enough light
Mystic energy all surrounds,
Spiritual sense can be found
The wanderer cannot see what’s below,
The choices there cannot be seen so
The sea of fog hides what’s down so deep,
To uncover the truth you must take a leap
This painting so nice, so full of wonder,
An adventure awaits for those who go under
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 –
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 at all
Like two people
Who miss their chance at love
Wrong decisions in this life
Lead to souls that aren't quite fulfilled
But, romantic love
Isn't the only reason for this life
We are here to learn and experience
Grow our souls to new heights
Like those two shells
Quietly sitting on the beach
The ocean comes by
And allows them to flow
Flow with the tides
Flow with the wildness around them
Flow with the breeze
Flow with life and eaze
And maybe one day
In a special moment
Those two shells
Might touch
And who knows
What could happen
For anything is possible
Like love; like life
© Michelle Morris, 2023
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 hourglass
Would you yearn for me as the moments pass
‘Til my passionate high tide once again pours
Over you freely if you were the shore?
If I were the shore and you were the sea
Would you rush into my arms willingly?
Would no other shore ever pull you away
Would you wear me down with your love day by day
Make my rough edges smooth and my buried heart free
To sail with you always if you were the sea?
*Inspired by Sara Teasdale's "The Rose and the Bee"
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 it to see.
This is dedicated to them, it is not a poem from me to anyone else.]
"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 Of E.
Volcanoes erupt with a bang and a swing,
The earth sounds so very sweet
Last night the rain did sing.
Living on earth can be a real treat
Beautiful earth sounds can pull at my heart string,
Listen for the wind through the wheat
Earth Sings In The Key Of E.
Date Written:8/2/2022
3 Place
#4 "The sounds of Earth is the music of my soul."
Let Your Muse Be Inspired - R Form Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Constance La France
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 Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles": http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/actp.html
deep sea
would be
new bub
on sub
fall down
long frown
nerves shot
gut knot
crush depth
last breath
light red
hope fed
want live
may give
can’t bear
no air
2/13/2022
A Strand (1073) Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
inspired by the movie Black Sea