Ocean Poems | Examples of Ocean Poetry

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Intent on gleaning secrets, I observed my own reflection (instead of marine life) in this tide pool--its surface intoning, impulsing, insisting on its own rhythm, insinuating my face between its depth and my inquisitive mind. In this instant, I realized I...Read the rest...

Sea Waves by Lanier Thomas Breathe the salty air Hear the waves caress the shore Find peace in one’s soul...Read the rest...

I once met a young coatimundi, Vacationing by the Bay of Fundy. In hopes of staying trim, He went for a brief swim, But sixty-foot tides swept him to Dundee. ...Read the rest...

______________________________________________________________ There'd needn't be no digs of earth or clumps of clay that weigh my girth, ...Read the rest...

In Godspeed A caterpillar will hibernate Then she flutters and learns her fate When she wakes up from her slumber. Miles away the waves see the shore To reach the sand, they want nothing more So your spirit can find some...Read the rest...

I am holding your eyes, feeling your words, The waves gently overwhelm me, coaxing, Pulling me under and luring me in. Recede, leaving me freezing, shivering. I am holding your eyes. If you were wise, You would hold me. Feel...Read the rest...

Life is like ocean Calm, still, rough or rigid End, its beautiful....Read the rest...

playful dolphins popped out of lake frolicking like sixties Chip and Dale cartoons Bringing a smile to my face adding a new kind of joy to sundown at the ocean...Read the rest...

Surrender to sleep at last! What a misery, keeping watch all night, wide awake. Soon you’ll succumb to sleep and escape all your troubles. Sleep. — Homer, translation by Michael R. Burch Passage home? Impossible! Surely...Read the rest...