Short Seashell Poems

Short Seashell Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Seashell by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Seashell by length and keyword.


Kitschy, Corny Curios

seashell necklace, sand dollar candy dish
souvenirs bring the beach home 
kitschy, yet nostalgic

a kimo written March 31, 2017
Form: Kimo


Premium Member Seashell Chess Tanka

Skill kisses the sand,
a game with the ocean floor;
Each move confident;
The sea tumbles with shells,
High tide reveals a check mate.
sea
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Divine Graces

One
Stroke of
Strange object
Fills seashell with
Perfect pearl priceless
Divine graces
Do not leave
Poor of
None


18 August 2022
god
Form: Ninette

Picking Up Seashells

Seashell Symphony,
On ear, rhapsody playing.
Ocean Conducting!


Dedicated to Raul...you're a very good teacher...tell me what you think?
Form: Haiku

Premium Member memory-sea

Listen to poem:
A seashell sings a sea-shanty,
With waves that keep my soul in tow;
Its haunted echoes drift back to me;
Sea-sawing memories where'er I go.
Form: Quatrain


Seashell Connection

Gray-white skies 
Finger frigid image 
To the window of ocean
Cream-lined breath waves
Shell….pounding 
The silent mind
The ear, with sounds 
Of your name

Sound of Ocean

my ears on your chest 
sound of ocean in seashell 
they said  you are gone



Dated 7th June 2019

Sponsor	Maureen McGreavy
Contest  MagiCicada 13 or 17
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Bound To the Sea

I hope one day I will be free
of this seashell that enfolds me
Not able to dance on the beach
That dream remains out of my reach
E'er bound to the realms of the sea
© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
sea
Form: Quintilla

Alban Arthan

Celtic Priest stands tall
Village folk wide eyed in hope
Sun will hear his call


Inspired by the Winter Solstice Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Seashell Island
Form: Haiku

Premium Member My Valentine Gift

-Seashell- this shell for your ear on a cold winter’s morning echoes of summer listen, and recall our nights cradled by sand, veiled by stars
Form: Tanka

Solitude

Solitude, no thoughts-
the echo in a seashell,
an eloquence the
soul sometimes yearns for, the calm.
The ocean is a seashell.


02/08/2014
For "Mood Music" contest by Sheri Fresonke Harper
Form: Tanka

Premium Member He Marked His Spot

he marked his spot on the beach 
and warned everyone not to touch it
Keeping his tiny seashell safe 

we kept it there for years
as a reminder that he had existed
and that we loved him

And If You and I Are

***

and if you and I are
roses 
so how much are
the words
mumbled 
in the breaking
most tender of the day
and this world is perfect
like a seashell 
left by someone 
on a desert shore

Shell Shock

She held a seashell to her ear
But heard no soothing sea,
Just choking gasps of life caught in
An ocean of debris.

05.11.19


Bite Size Poem No.38 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Line Gauthier
Form: Rhyme

Children's Poem: The Magic Sandbox

I built a castle in the sand,
The biggest one in all the 
land.
A seashell serves as helper
on the seashore, 
With bright dancing glitters 
on the sand,
Until the waves washed all
the sand away.

Nom de Plume

Soft and feathery and illusive
Each word a woven world of fantasy
An artistic lair for the lunacy of emotion

Musical, distant and serene
Aesthetic shelters like seashells
Cast by the angst of the ocean

Premium Member A Rich Day

The day shines like gems
Glistening in the sunlight
I feel rich today

I find a seashell
I listen for the ocean
The sea comes to me

Found the mother load
The gold mine was in her eyes
I'm rich forever...
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Tall Waves

tall waves hurl... unfurl
seashell luster washed ashore
~ sundrenched turquoise hues



AP: 1st place 2026

Submitted on January 24, 2020 for contest A NATURE THEMED HAIKU sponsored by TANIA KITCHIN  -  RANKED 1ST
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Beach Vacation

beach ball
kid sprawl

sand dune
swim soon

seaweed
fish feed

crab walk
gulls squawk

seashore
surf more

low tide
beach wide

seashell
snail dwell

beach sand
fun strand

Copyright, July 11, 2026
Form: Footle

Premium Member Knell the Bell

Pell a bell in a seashell and the echoes will dwell resonating to dings that swell to crescendo, a carillon of bells that befells the hearer to quell, and knell bell
-------------- 5 June 2017
Form: Ninette

Premium Member AQUAMARINE

Early morning is the perfect time to walk the beach, the cool water licks at my feet. The soft sand is like walking on a pillow, pretty seashells yell-pick me up. My day started off with a bit of heaven on earth.

Premium Member Turning the Seashell

       turning the seashell
       adjusting my eyes
       contemplating
       passages unseen
       inside

       pushing me
       down its slide
       on slopes
       whose whispers
       surround
       my ride
Form: Imagism

Premium Member one little moonbeam

she gleams
across the ocean.

leaving her mark
touching every wave.

she scours the sandy beach,
every seashell accounted for.

she is the night's security guard,
only hanging her head to nod,
till morning's early crescent takes over

Premium Member Oceania

Oceans of blue green waves
Occlude seashell strewn coasts
Oysters pockmark footprint 
On the carrageen moss
One pearly dream moonlight 
Over tidal burst dams
Ovulate pools of thought

Date posted : 6 th April 2021

    Contest  : ‘Pleiades O’ Poetry Contest
Form: Pleiades

Premium Member Mary, Mary, Not Quite

The oldest version dates from Tom Thumbs' 1744 songbook. Modern versions keeping with times, caused 'Mistress' to go dark. 'Cockle' is a seashell.

Mistress Mary sang like canary,
When they surround her stronghold,
Swiped silver bells, hid pearly shells, 
And pretties weigh all in gold.
Form: Rhyme

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