Best Seashore Poems

Honeysuckle by the sea
lupine blue and wild sweet pea
buttercups and hare bell fair
tiny daisies for my hair
kissed by winds
of salted spray
sweetest bloom of the day
flaxen sea oats
bend their heads
anchored in their sandy beds
purple vetch's tendrils creep
through watery graves
where starfish sleep
silent ocean bed of glass
awaits the...

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Seashore Sweepstakes

northwest rocky beaches
 waves disguise cache of prizes ~
jellyfish parade

Clams and Gooey Ducks
 hide in sandy blanket homes ~
no taste for chowder

hold your breath then dive
 Abalone glued on rocks ~
opal sheen of shells

clusters deep purple 
 swinging from rocks of fool’s gold ~
Muscles...

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I walked the beach and saw my footprints wash away with waves- 

smoothing the sand without a flaw, and I seemed blessed in holy clime 

as my soul, like trampled sand, felt healed by sea's baptizing hand.

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Crepuscular is waning afternoon,
in lapis lazuli does day respire.
The seashore chimes its solitary rune
as tentative the lapping waves acquire
the briny echo of a mermaid's lyre.
Though timidly does surf caress the beach
in mirrored shades of night as they conspire,
brave wisps of comets in the untold reach
of...

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Summer Seashore

Hot August nights - the heat stands still
Starfish on beaches wait for tidepools to fill

Summer phosphorus - stardust on tides
Leaves sparkling footprints - on seashores abides

Rippled sands meet with a sly rogue wave
Steals kisses from the shore - stargazer knave.

5-19-21
Contest: Charm Me
Sponsor: Line Gauthier...

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A Poem of the Seashore
For Lynn

A poem of the seashore;
would you write one for me
of the shells and sliding sand?

All I see is horizon
releasing the moon
from a European land.

Behind in the east there's
a whisper so slight from a
place of seedling sun:

"Why do you stand at
the...

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A_Abalone by the sea floats to shore then adored
B_Bonnets of the world make my heart unfurl surely not bored

C_Conch alive how their song can jive
D_Dove Shell rings my bell not like bee hive

E_Egg Shell poached with the quail
F_Flamingo Tongue_Cyphoma Gibbosum lives by Opposum Dale

G_Goblet of...

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As fiddler crabs play
There’s no music in the air
Ugly eyes just stare

Gulls in perfect flight
Bring the music to the night
Moonlight plays its part

Dolphins come around
And they lend their perfect sound
Music time is near

Maestro needed now
Sounds need direction somehow
Errant tones comply

Sounds that do not blend
Are now...

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Pleasures await you by the seashore,
And in the coming months
Invest in your family; today and tomorrow,
Pleasures await you by the seashore.
Your first choice will be the wisest to follow;
Do not put all your stocks in the market.
Pleasures await you by the seashore
And in the coming...

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The ocean journey ends
gathering at the shore.
An undulating sea climaxes
onto the sandy beach
depositing tangles of
seaweed, debris and shells.

Rocky sea caves reverberate
booms of incoming waves 
while the incessant cries of
seagulls squawk as they 
compete with pelicans for food.

Sea breezes whip up
salty sprays, like diamond 
rivulets that...

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Shoes in hand, skirting dunes, protruding rocks,
I slowly make it to the water’s edge 
where sand and pebbles slide and gently rock
to the touch of swirling, playful waves.
A lone sandpiper skips; it pecks and probes
then with head raised it gives a joyful trill 
blissfully unaware...

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Picking up pebbles
Or seashells strewn on soft sand
Is so relaxing....

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Isle of Fantasy - Seashore Bliss


Rolling waves that reach the shore
with frothy crests of sparkling white,
embrace the waiting beach
to kiss and bathe its wavy frame
of glistening, light golden sand
that hugs the ocean's end
along this isle of fantasy.

The roar of waves and seagull songs-
cool sea breeze...

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SHELLS
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sinuous seaside sand
softly shifts smooth stones
seaweeds stinky sigh

winsome waves woven
wearing wondrous weave
westerly wind whistles

sunlit sparkling stars
seashore serenades sunshine
sopranos singing

driftwood’s dozing dreams
distant diamond disappears
deep dusky day dies

7-29-2020
Birch Bay...

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