fame walk
star mock
sand bar
sea star
five limbs
five glims
tube feet
replete
feed on
plankton
plankton
hang ten
landed
stranded
off shore
dry sore
starfish
wet wish
sun lights
last rites
bit dust
star crust
high tide
revived
swell waves
God saves
Philologus of Sinope
Holy Emissary of the Chrestos
One of the seventy stars
Lit by the heavenly Son of the Good
Shining over the Black Sea
A babe was raised by that star for the Church
Rays of great enlightenment
Raised the boy’s soul to the heavenly Good
The star’s love for the Logos
Tore away the man’s tight shackles of death
A fisherman blessed the star
The shipmaster carried the head of Paul
The star was Philologus
His son’s name was Marcion of Sinope
Wildly fertile soil;
Soft petals and wise old oaks,
some consume insects;
Oxygen filled air;
Many who can’t long to fly
to change perspective;
Storms, wildfires, earthquakes
we feel leveled when she yells;
Mother may I live?
These rushing currents;
Home to scores of marine life,
full of square rip tides;
Replenishing the famine,
it’s symbiotic nature
The sea star is terrified.
Chase is on.
He drops the beast an arm.
Knowing it will regrow.
Saving his life one more time
At the expense of one arm.
icy waves in fall
ferry to shore a sea star
from a mussel bed
Lights of Atlantis
brightest evening star,
flirts with no shame to the sea,
sea gull winks at me.
9/18/2021
Listen closely and quietly on this starry filled night
and you can hear the sea waves.
Beating against the beach in rhythmic time
stirring up the pebbles on the sea floor
to dance the jingle and the jangle to the tune of the sea.
willowy billowy daydreams
whirlwind of playful fantasy
worshiping mystical moonbeams
waywardly sailing on a sea
warm starry midnight serenades
welcoming beckoning mermaids
whispering invite warm extremes
AP: Honorable Mention 2021
Submitted on June 9, 2018 for contest PLEIADES sponsored by JOSEPH MAY - RANKED 3RD
adorning apricot
stardust silently
enveloped
turbulent waves,
gingerly dappling
each ingrained
bit of sea glass
whence the tides
were stilled,
'til they ebbed
'tween streams
of serene
spring waters,
rushing sky castles
outer banks in
cascades of
tranquil
awed hushes
overflowing
midst
surrendered
fantasies
Awash by ripple of night's waves
the glittering starfish drifts
like an open flower on clay--
its plump flesh, a reddish lip
enchanting two lovers' soft kiss
through a glide of dusky sand.
Night Creatures: nette onclaud
Juaneco T posted 1.18.2015
No. 4--Starfish
Soft And Warm Like The Quiet Storm
I Let Myself Go
I Let Myself Go
With Nothing To Hold On To
Not Even Gravity
I Let Myself Go
And Fall Deep Into A Fantasy
I Close My Eyes
Live In My Sleep
This Feeling Is A Dream
The Pain Of Waking Up Hurts So Deep
I Let Myself Go
Now Im Gone
And I Can’t Find Me
I Don’t Know Where I Am
But With You Is Where I Want To Be
My Mind Feels Lost
My Soul Feels Like Its Dying From Love
Because I See My Life Flashing Before My Eyes
When I Release From Your Hugs
If I Could Write My Words
On The Clouds In The Sky
I Would Use Ink
Made Of The Tears That I’ve Cried
So Whenever You Look
In The Air Up Above
You Can Read My Emotions
And Remember My Love
In The Garden Of Passion Is Where My Heart Grows
Right Next To A Beautiful Lavender Rose
So If My Heart Stops Beating
Let My Tombstone Show
That This Is The Place Where I Let Myself Go
Long wisps of fog rise
into thin and vanishing clouds;
from the East an aromatic wind
scatters the flattened and broken-shells-covered-sand
as dampness enters the bones and makes these feet sweat,
still my deep footprints are seen below the boardwalk where I sat.
Lovers hold hands
and seek out their friend
hiding somewhere beyond
the swaying palm trees that seem to engage in a monotonous dance;
they feel that no August night should be without the round, glaring moon...
but before the morning star arrives, they will be wondering if it will appear soon.
Stars
Bright,shiny
Twinkling, sparkling, shining
Sparks,flares,water,currents
Flowing,sloshing, splashing
Blue,cool
Sea
oh i wish upon a star and i wonder were u are oh when your out at sea i wish you were here
with me even though you live far away i think about you every day every day you make me
smile i think you'll be here for a while weather it's bees in the city or girls you think
are pretty weather its devils from below or angles from above nothing will tare apart our
love oh i wish upon a star and i wonder were u are oh when your out at sea i wish u were
here with me weather it's devils from below or angles from above nothing will tare apart
our love
Upon the battered shore of life
As waves crest and descend
Remains a life yet hopeful
To one day try to mend
A sea star like no other
With one leg lost to sea
Gave up? Oh no not ever
For it knew that it will be
With hopes forever staying
For a wave to come and take
The sea star kept on praying
To find its way into the wake
As the sun got to its hottest
Where hopes were dying fast
A wave had come upon him
To take him back at last
Then there within the depths
With his friends under the sea
The sea star gave its thanks
For that wave that came to be
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