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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.
Rising Touch
She swoons atop a berg There air water bullets On midnight's face cross low — While then besides the dark Brims in Gemini froze. She swoons atop a berg We try for scraps on ice. She is yours within me. Of these miles...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, angst, deep, introspection, love,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
The Oceans Pearls
Written by Tiffanie Kaiyen Deep in the brine, where shadows play, Lies a treasure rare, by night and day. Moonlight touches in a silver gleam, Wrapped in whispers of a sailor’s dream....Read the rest...
Categories: ocean,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Gentle Waves
waves gently flowing lazily upon the sand barely a murmur...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, ocean, sea,
Form: Haiku

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Premium Member Down the Whale-Road's Stream
Tides Billow The boats quake Her sailors scream Davy Jones' Locker Opened its grisly maws Who can hope for salvation? When the devils of the whale-road Cast down wretched tendrils of demise, Damning poor souls to their watery grave 'Lord!' They cry, 'Have mercy!' 'Deliver us' 'From this thunderstorm!' And...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, sea, storm, voyage,
Form: Etheree
Premium Member I Feel You Over The Ocean
Your heart beating I feel you over the ocean Soul seeking I see you over the sea Your voice speaking I hear you over the waves I feel you I see you I hear you Your heart...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, beautiful, fantasy, feelings, inspirational
Form: Free verse



Premium Member My Father's Dream
My Father's Dream A wide and vast horizon beckons me to enter there where oceans echo ancestral voices and gulls paint images in the air. The Saxons and Angles, Hansas and Norse of Hamburg, Oslo, Kiel and Gdansk flows...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, age, america, beauty, dad,
Form: Free verse
A Meander By Sea
Nothing is like water, when water's alone — Memories go out to sea, swam there unglued; The seashells on beach cease not spend away home. When the sky's kiss on water beneath us skews, The scarring inside leaves us,...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, dance, home, introspection, love,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member A beauty on the beach
Beauty on the beach, adjusting her orange thong. Won't stay in place long. ...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, people, places, sea,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Sitting on the dock of the bay
I was sitting on the dock of the bay listening to a song when Otis Redding happened to come walking along. He said, "You watching the ships roll in?" I said, "Yeah, and then watching ‘em roll away...Read the rest...
Categories: funny, music, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
Windswept Dreams
On the edge where sea meets sky, A canvas stretched, the kites soar high. With every gust, my spirit flies, Chasing waves beneath the blue skies. Harnessed freedom, the ocean's embrace, Dancing...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, adventure, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Waving
Waving Up, down, but always somewhere Live in the waving ocean, like a molecule It is an unknown life, so it is good to live like this Just waving in the life, forget the will and mind The endless water...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, fate, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Endless Waves
I've seen the endless waves approach a sun-dried shore, unfolding what remains of legends and of lore. Like soldiers off to war, they follow on command, relentless in their quest, yet slowing in the sand. The oceans draw them back undaunted and unseen, preparing their...Read the rest...
Categories: fantasy, ocean, sea,
Form: Rhyme
thank you O sea
Thank you O sea, For the untiring music of your waves, For the rolling of your rollers, Thank you O sea for your music so refined, This music softens the soul, His sight soothes the poet Console the painter , Thank you O...Read the rest...
Categories: cheer up, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ode to the Beach
Waves careening up And down on the vast shoreline; The sea’s melody....Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, appreciation, beach, beauty, nature,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Endless Waves
I've seen the endless waves approach a sun-dried shore, unfolding what remains of legends and of lore. Like soldiers off to war, they follow on command, relentless in their quest, yet slowing in the sand. The oceans draw them back undaunted and unseen, preparing their...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, sea, sensual,
Form: Rhyme

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry