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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.
Unafraid To Disappear
I want to disappear Into the fluffy clouds, Unafraid to fall, Unafraid to go astray. I want to disappear Into the vast oceans, Unafraid to drown, Unafraid to...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, beauty, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
The Beach on Christmas Morning
There was never a thing more beautiful Than a tree with lights adorning Except, perhaps, for that certain lull Of the beach on Christmas morning Once again I’m like a little girl Beneath that tree exploring Finding gifts of seashell, jade,...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, beach, christmas, holiday, nature,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A Winter Day By the Sea
On a winter's day by the sea, Endless blue skies to see. Rays of the sun, gentle and kind, Foamy waves, a rhythmic grind. Soft, wet sand with footstep traces, Unspoken tales of varied faces. Seagulls watch,...Read the rest...
Categories: cheer up, ocean, sea,
Form: Rhyme

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Forgive Me
Miles apart in the gleam, I believe her, Upright on the porch, staring at the mighty above, Her glassy eyes shimmering with a deceptive smile, Her loose hair flowing like ocean waves. Must she be seeing the moon similar...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, loss, love hurts, marriage,
Form: Free verse
Oceans
The confines of my flesh erode my soul My ribcage wages war on my heart I wish to tear myself apart from this prison of rotting bones As only then should I taste this decaying world's...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, body, ocean, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Ocean
A coastline, With drones flying overhead, To plan construction of windmills and the death of whales....Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, animal,
Form: Monoku
Emotion Ocean
Emotions are the ocean, Keeping life in motion. An energy explosion, Creating the commotion, Needed for the potion. Swelling up in the ocean, We search our notion. Adding The Love emotion, Calming waves in the ocean....Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, adventure, faith, humanity, miss
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member blazing fusion
blazing fusion liquid water tidal forces three heavenly bodies give rise to one...Read the rest...
Categories: earth, moon, ocean, sun,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Thoughts Are Wider Than An Ocean
Never dared to say, " I love you, sweety. " Why did I keep all words to myself, staring at your picture on the shelf? No night is really warm, I tremble under the sheets, I long to be close...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, allusion, anxiety, endurance, feelings,
Form: Lyric
Doom's Day
Once the earth was green and alive. But now it is dreary and dying. What is left is deforestation, logging, fossil fuels, industrialisation, more fuming factories and pollution. The air we breathe was once fresh,...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, animal, day, fate, fire,
Form: Haibun
Nida Fazli translations by Michael R Burch
Apni Marzi se by Nida Fazli Shayari translated by Mandakini Bhattacherya and Michael R. Burch This journey was not of my making; As the winds blow, I’m blown along ... Time and dust are my ancient companions; Who knows where I’m...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, death, grave, heart, life,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Heaven Comes Quickly
Suddenely...in a breath, from the westward orange glaze of the firey sky, fell quickly of lavender hues to pulse a heavenly hymnal calling you my friend homeward... Glancing to and fro, searching for you, I fell...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, courage, death of a
Form: Haibun
my sea has no shore
My sea has no shore Where are you, I have no clue The ocean is so big that I can't find the shore. My sinking boat has no sailor, Sailor, I have no support, The ocean is so big that I...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, emotions, life, nature, sea,
Form: Free verse
Tranquility
Ocean Current flowing Kissing the quiet shore Soft echoes under the moonlight Tranquil ...Read the rest...
Categories: beach, feelings, ocean, peace,
Form: Cinquain
Premium Member Eat All You Want
Chinese trollers Cranes and pulleys motor oil saliva Fishhook cockroach antennas dipped to the oceans Thousands of sailing creepy crawlers Bandits with razors Cross the boundless seas Devours crumbs of every kind of confiscated fish Left to crawl or swim on the...Read the rest...
Categories: ocean, abuse, betrayal, earth, environment,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Ocean Poems

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry