To the Sea, by Train
Bucket and spade Read this poem by Elli Woollard aloud to get the full effect! Bucket and spade Bucket and spade Flip-flops, flip-flops Bucket and spade Flip-flops, flip-flops, going to the chip shops...
View Article‘Waves’ by Elli Woollard
Another poem that begs to be read aloud The whoosh of the waves and the play of the clouds And the smiles of delight and the yells of the crowds And the salt in the air and the sand in the toes And...
View ArticleSea Hag Sedna
Sea Hag Sedna – a poem by Jacqui Woodward-Smith Sedna by Masha du Toit I am gasping in the shallows, floundering, the seal song of my intuition calling, calling, calling out into the steel grey sea,...
View ArticleIt Blows A Snowing Gale
Robert Louis Stevenson is best known for many famous works, such as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. He had a great love of the ocean and spent a lot of time...
View Articlehaiku (cockles)
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View ArticleThe Sea’s Immensity
In times of low When spirit does wane The ocean I seek For melancholy to tame And there I will sit On rock or dune And behold the tide Driven by the moon A tumbling world Before my eye When all at...
View ArticleClassic Poems of the Sea
The Secret of the Sea Ah! what pleasant visions haunt me As I gaze upon the sea! All the old romantic legends, All my dreams, come back to me. Sails of silk and ropes of sandal, Such as gleam in...
View ArticleOcean Tankas
(Tanka (短歌 “short poem”?) is a genre of classical Japanese poetry) Too long on the land Time to dive into wild seas Selkie claims her skin Answer to the dark-eyed call Brave the waves, set sail, and...
View ArticleSeagirl
Seagirl by Siofra Dempsey She exhaled seaspray from her lungs. Cracked lips, encrusted sand-hair, Skin salt-abraded, Raw, water-logged, torn. Waves crash inside her Breaking on her coral bones...
View ArticleThe Sea Songs of Christine De Luca
Christine De Luca is a wonderful poet, who was born and raised in Shetland and whose words are filled with magic and sea spray; the ebb and flow and undertow of life. She writes both in English and in...
View ArticleCalling all readers
We would like your help… Mermaid and sea creatures by Nancy Muller Have you ever : met a wonderful creature in the sea or on the beach talked to a fascinating sailor/boatbuilder/marine biologist/diver...
View ArticleIn Praise of Sea Glass
Beauty in breaking Thrown away and tumbled new Luminous cast offs Blue green wonder From sand to sand through flame and wave Life made alchemy Has crooning Grandmother Whale marked your metamorphoses?...
View ArticleSouthern Shores – a poem by N. L. Williams
Southern Shores a poem by Nathan Lewis Williams “I am a musician, songwriter and occasional poet based in Glastonbury (and sometimes Wales, my homeland!) I wrote this poem in 2009 inspired by the...
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