Ocean Poems | Examples of Ocean Poetry

Nestled is the slender twisting trail canyon between timeless steep aspiring mountains and meditative sopheric waters of the sea The frail road deepens into lofty thickness further from the harsh volcanic valley where passion’s throes are...Read the rest...

Hitchhiking by blurred station generic Gypsy Flora slips anonymous, gravel Grinds her heart of garbage, barbaric Buried skeleton stirred, further travel Ticket to Keep It Secret Scarred in fish guts grubby, harbour Heaves its putrid out to sea, amnesia...Read the rest...

Secluded at the edge of the world— reflections linger. This haiku was written in 2024 and is inspired by William Bradford's painting titled "An Arctic Scene" (1881)...Read the rest...

Poetry unravels and unwraps my soul in a way My senses are wildly awake to absorb the sights and mellifluous sounds of the world reigning my spirit, My heart opens to the sublime vermillion sky, To the melody...Read the rest...

“Beyond her limits, searching out new sand- exuberant with life, she takes her stand.” ...Read the rest...

A blazing sun reflects a hue across the horizon and into the blue As valiant waves that dance with mirth descend upon unbridled surf Sequestered dunes of earthen clay give refuge to the birds of prey As melodic winds chant natures...Read the rest...

Sailing into the horizon Admiring the Sunset Distance far from the shores Refreshing breezes Bridges and Lighthouses along the way Whales and Dolphins doing their dazzling maneuvers Sharks looking to attack The oceanic feeling like a gateway of opportunity God’s watery creation Heaven’s sensation Rainbows...Read the rest...

Pull in the anchor and drift in dream Be daring in each avenue you choose to seek Let not the worries of yesterday burden your soul For freedom lies with the setting sun And tomorrow is forever yours ...Read the rest...

photographs and memories as i search photographs and memories of gulls flying over ocean waves i can hear the crashing waters raging as if it was only yesterday these same waves are no longer there yet others have taken their place slapping...Read the rest...

The sea remembers all it cannot keep, Each wave a story, crashing into shore, Its secrets held in silence, buried deep. A sailor's prayer, a widow’s dreamless sleep, The driftwood echo of a lover’s lore— The sea remembers all it...Read the rest...

Take me where the ocean rolls bigger than the pain in my soul. Let me lay upon shore sand, hold its grit in my hand while the ocean claims ground again, so sure of...Read the rest...

At midnight, a silent ocean of ebony rises, a black lung stretching over my fragile ribs, and the bed becomes a cold altar where the body rehearses its disappearance, a sanctuary of shadows dancing on the edges of...Read the rest...

A day without poetry is like a sky without stars, an ocean without waves, A symphony without sounds floating in the twilight of silence, A moment where time stops and shadows dance without rhythm, You lose the chance...Read the rest...

2025.3.15 Today, I visited Sorrento back Beach. Swam only for five minutes. Both the swell and the current Were too high and too strong for me. Fortunately, the Lifeguard Mason, Assisted me to get down to the ocean, Where the waves...Read the rest...

When my heart's bell tolls, it signals for Father time with my soul. I excite while driving to align with sights God made divine. Under a tropic sun glow, I walk to where faithful waves roll. Sitting in...Read the rest...