Tag Archives: ocean poems

oysters

Posted on November 12, 2021 by whimsygizmo

she prefers them raw in the shell in the ocean minding their own business as she feeds her own salty soul. ::In November, we poem.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged in the shell, nature, November Chapbook Challenge 2021, ocean poems, oysters, salty soul, wildlife | 6 Comments

There’s a wonder to the places where water folds into land, where the taste of salt on lips is magic. Dig your toes in deep and steep your heart in Blue. Watch the moon plop in, full and fat … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged breathing in blue, Lake poems, ocean poems | 3 Comments

Ocean Sirens

Posted on April 11, 2018 by whimsygizmo

.. We tried to tell you the storm was coming, but you didn’t listen to the waves or the tides; the wisdom of the moon or the scent of salt. We are distant -ly …………..(resistant-ly) related to those of you … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #amwriting, #aprpad, April PAD 2018, mermaid muses, mermaid poems, moon, ocean poems, ocean songs, sirens, songs and sirens, the one with all the prompts | 3 Comments

So me an ocean

Posted on April 9, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. , so deep that you can’t find me. so wide my inky arms can span the world. so vast my salt can stay. Or so I plead with stars. But so far, I am a shore. .. Prompted … Continue reading →

Posted in poetic asides poems | Tagged gypsy ocean, inky fingers, ocean poems, salt, shore, stars | 1 Comment

a mishmash of blues

Posted on March 29, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. indigo done left me again, stranded on shifting sands. the world’s gone all gray tones again, sifted through empty hands. turquoise beat has done me wrong, imprinted on my heart. midnight’s spilled her way to sky, abandoned us from … Continue reading →

Posted in poetic asides poems | Tagged blues, moody blues, music poems, ocean poems, Poetic Asides prompts, shades of blue | 5 Comments

Oh shun

Posted on October 30, 2015 by whimsygizmo

.. cobalt blue silken wave spray briny echo slap, ……………………..thank you for my salt. .. Prompted by OctPoWriMo, day 29.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged hai-what?, not really haiku, ocean poems, October's too damn busy, OctPoWriMo, poeming, Poetry, tiny poems | 5 Comments

poem drops

Posted on October 23, 2015 by whimsygizmo

.. some days, the ocean lends her salty skin to all these words, her feathered waves to quill. her violent will to pull of moon and midnight sky. some days i spill. some days ………………i dive. . Prompted by … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ocean poems, OctPoWriMo, poeming, Poetry, salty poems | 7 Comments

ocean kiss

Posted on May 28, 2015 by whimsygizmo

get magnetic

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged magnetic poetry, ocean poems, poeming, poetical magnetism, Poetry, poetry pie, sky songs, star poems | 4 Comments

When Night Holds Syllables

Posted on April 29, 2015 by whimsygizmo

. When night holds syllables in a poem night hums: oh, this is poem …….syllables; When night holds syllables in the river night hums: oh, this is syllables of the river; When night holds ocean ………….syllables, night hums: This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Margo prompts, ocean poems, PoMoSco | 4 Comments

Moon Passage

Posted on April 26, 2015 by whimsygizmo

… The sky is falling, and she’s nothing but a shiver, a silver sliver broken in a milky mirror sea. These cold sand -papered shores have raked …………………………her raw. She knows an ocean’s spilled between them; grabs a straw. … Continue reading →