Inspired Sea Poems

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...

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"Eclipsed in Light"


The sun grew dim the world stood still  
Golden waves bent to our will  
The sky was veiled in shadow’s grace...

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An unhurried sun slides across the horizon
Preparing for slumber behind distant waves
And daylight’s last seagull rides thermals in search
Of a late night fish supper -...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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(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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