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Ocean Poems | Examples of Ocean Poetry

Ocean Poems
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.
Earthen Boat
The sun shone upon the darkness of night but tomorrow never comes , Life departed from the body the heart from existence not from loving you , From the river of the eye a boat falls to...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, boat, cry, earth, heart,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sun Dance
sun silhouette slides sinking in serenading cotton candy clouds baptized in ocean white flight of sea gulls glowing like stars of sun dance...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, appreciation, art, beach, bird,
Form: Haiku



A sacred place
On those dark, winter evenings, when the frost tinged wind burns your skin with each weak sputtering breath, I find myself longing for a crisp walk along the shore. Sand, not yet touched on this...Read the rest...
Categories: death, metaphor, nature, ocean,
Form: Free verse


Rip Tide
Before you I drifted at sea. Always afloat, Never anchored. So is the life a sailors' Or pirates' Wife. When the tide went out It left me behind, But you were there To sweep me Off my feet. The day you got caught In the...Read the rest...
Categories: devotion, love, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Pier-less
The hurricane was weeks ago, Yet now I get to see The damage, or what’s left of it, That was described to me. We walked the route we always take When down here for a visit, Past lovely homes with water...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, storm,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member In the depths of the mind stretches an ocean of shadows and lights
In the depths of the mind stretches an ocean of shadows and lights, where thoughts flow like endless rivers of questions, there, where the schizophrenic soul struggles, caught in a vortex, trying to find a corner of peace...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Simple Observation 3 - The oceans are deep
The oceans are deep and the mountains high the sun is warm when seen in the noon sky. __________________________ ...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, mountains, ocean, senses,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Come in to the Coil
On spewing wave, our departing ride Crazed currents crack, an azure slide Freedom mingles in sea foam seethe ...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, adventure, beautiful, environment, flower,
Form: Couplet
Sitting on the beach
As my feet hit the sand, my toes tingled with glee, ...Read the rest...
Categories: beach, hello, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Dreams Adrift Ocean
I entered the world of sleep, Where creations danced on waves. Cliffs loomed vast and deep, Their mystery stirred the brave. The rhythmic ocean’s motion, And the world’s life-laden view, Revealed secrets of the ocean, Surprisingly witnessed by few. I watched a sailor...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, beach, cool, crazy, dream,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member The Narration Of Unrealistic Writers
We stand a few feet from the battering, foaming waves, they can foretell if hail or rain is coming to scatter us... as we run for cover to the beach house color rust; should we wait for...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, allusion, anxiety, home, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Keeper Of The Sea
At a very young age He knew what he wanted to be Like his father before him A ‘Keeper of the Sea’ He married his childhood sweetheart They loved unconditionally Dreams and hopes for the future Of raising a family They lived...Read the rest...
Categories: house, light, ocean, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Inclination Combed Your Eyes
where you must float around me a snapped stone melted into that bottom of water glass beside myself, drift currents it shattered up to sunrise and rippled through my shirt for my heart with blue lows drawing from sea with her fingerprints a...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, beach, deep, introspection, journey,
Form: Jueju
Premium Member Once there were Pirates
Eons ago pirate ship sailed oceans wild Old Jolly Rodger flew proudly in the wind It met its demise when crew were beguiled On merciless rocks it was pinned. These days just a pile of rotting timber Lead treasure...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, boat, sea, storm,
Form: Rhyme
See See Under The Sea
the seahorses grazed in a field undersea the jellyfish wobbled at the party the starfish in their constellations went the clams secretive tight lipped and silent the hammerhead sharks did the DIY the clown fish entertained as they...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, animal, fish, fun, humorous,
Form: Light Verse

Specific Types of Ocean Poems

Definition | What is Ocean in Poetry?


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