Ocean Watching Poems

Emerald Waves crashing, lapping, 
frolicking on the tranquil seashore….
I watch, I reminisce, I close my eyes…
alone, standing on a cliff!
A Buddhist temple on the sublime...

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I own a beautiful, stubborn, long sliver and blond silky Yorkie.
I've had him since he was six weeks. His kind of quirky,
But now fourteen, beautiful...

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This true story must be told,                                       ...

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watching the waves before departure
knowing that the salty waters will flow on
i wish that she will remember me and know my name
the tears fall slowly

being...

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reflections on whale watching

humpback whales breaching 
 play on blue flowing sea swells ~
  smooth fluke prints remain
 2-17-22...

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I love watching whales sleep…it is one of nature’s wonderful adaptations…
how they’re able to sleep while floating in the water…in a kind of suspended animation.

I...

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Pictures shared over the airwaves
Palm trees giving ever so gently
To tropical breezes are captured
As our forever moment in time.
With each sunrise comes the
Rich greens, soothingly...

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Listen: The Lyrical Lilt
that lilac
and lavender
lend to our language,
like leased luggage purposefully lost,
unrolls from lifted 
tongue
to level the valley 
and shallow
the depths of the gorge.

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Watching the sunset—
with our hands link together on the beach.
Purple ans pink light
ripple on the ocean
as if a possible future for us
from God.

Watching the sunset—
on...

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Life is like being a passenger on a luxury ocean liner 
 That is sails across a Sea of Turmoil.
 Passengers feel safe by putting...

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The waters crash against the rocks
with the foaming lather running down
upon the stonework so glistening
as if speaking with a frown

There's such force among the ocean
coming...

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At first the sun's fingers
Poke up just a bit,
Seeming to find the ocean's ledge,
They grab a hold of it.

With radiant arms extended,
It raises itself higher,
Then...

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“WATCHING WAVES”

Oceans whisper their whimsical waterfalls
windblown, meandering the shorelines periphery 
washing gently on shimmering sea...
oceans whisper their whimsical waterfalls
wrapping, enfolding hues of blue
crashing their whiteness,...

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Tripped over sand packed in a pail
Watching ocean ships set sail
Fell and hurt my pride
Not believing what I spied
Top hat and coat being worn by...

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Watching as Life Goes By
     By Dane A. Smith-Johnsen

The Interstate Traffic,
Composed of many folks,
Landscapes very graphic
In sun or when rain soaks.

People...

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