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Ocean Poems | Examples of Ocean Poetry

Ocean Poems - Examples of all types of ocean poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for ocean.
Premium Member A SONG THAT WILL ONLY MAKE SENSE TO EAST COASTERS! CANADA
A SONG THAT WILL ONLY MAKE SENSE TO EAST COASTERS! (CANADA) A heritage that we...Read the rest...
Categories: funny, humorous, ocean, song,
Form: Rhyme



Sigh After Play
"over the waters blue the night winds sigh, the breakers roar ..." ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge Night winds sigh Sigh over the seas Sigh in sync Sync with...Read the rest...
Categories: night, ocean, water,
Form: Blitz
Premium Member What of A Pearl?
The wonders of a salted spec, an intruder of the calm, slip secretly by slightest surge into some open being, drawn. Creation in the making by no jeweler of this world. Hidden from the human eye, perfect forming of a pearl. Some...Read the rest...
Categories: nature, ocean, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Oceans Live
"Over the waters blue, the night winds sigh, the breakers roar.” ...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, imagination, mystery, ocean,
Form: Blank verse
AFTER THE PARTY
AFTER THE PARTY After the party I awoke on a desert island At least I thought so, with the blinding sun And a view of all those swaying palm trees Well, perhaps it was me who was swaying My head...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes
A kaleidoscope of colors Softly twinkles in her eyes They still shine unlike no others Leaves me helpless, mesmerized From the northern shores of Aberdeen With just one magnetic glance These majestic orbs of emerald green Always...Read the rest...
Categories: boy, girl, green, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member do not test coral
pink coral reef almost nothing prettier it looks welcoming don't be fooled it is deadly, it can tear you to bits do not jump down there to test it if you bleed, sharks will come...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ocean's Tale
My name is Ocean. If you listen, you will hear me speak. but you must listen carefully, or you will hear nothing but the cacaphony of my waves and tumbling pebbles at the shore. Open your mind, and hear...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, history, nature, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Family Reunion
Breast beat for her I doubt you fathom crude Understand thus gravitas of thy actions true This must entrust you knot the thread bear Bang thy drum roll knees follow you we share Needless pain inflicted as I stroked...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, crazy, dark, daughter, death,
Form: Prose
Sea dump
Bone ash hills The new kills Surfer fills the fishes gills Helpless creatures of the septic sea Is this the way you were meant to be Chemical foam waves Petroleum roam beaches When will we learn the...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean,
Form: Rhyme
Siren of the sea
Her scales, of blue and green Queen of the sea, Beauty of the deep, a magnificent sight to see, From the depths, an echo of a gentle song, Her voice her presence, that I forever long. The ruler, Goddess...Read the rest...
Categories: love, ocean, romantic, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member If Only You Knew
If only you knew the feel of a zephyr, With its current swooping around hillsides Ruffling the spruce trees everywhere, Or descend downwards towards verdant vales Where flowers bloom all through the year. If only you knew what the oceans...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, food, humanity, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Turbulent Seas
Turbulent seas, Down deep we go, How I yurn to be free, Deep down we go Oh Let me breathe Deep 'Into the, vo i d 'Let' me be at 'p e a c e' Deep into the dark I want to 'b...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, lost, ocean, pain,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Echoes of Kiawah: A Reflective Farewell
Beneath the sprawling blush of dawn, our feet became one with the sands of Kiawah Island, grains glistening like scattered stars, each a tiny sunburst caught in the curl of the earth. We danced under the great blue...Read the rest...
Categories: beach, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Summer Days
Colorful umbrellas dot the shore As beachgoers bask in sunshine Sandcastles threatened by waves People collect seashells As the ocean roars There's fun and sun On sizzling Summer Days 5-123-2024...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, summer,
Form: Nonet

Specific Types of Ocean Poems

Definition | What is Ocean in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs