Sea Wall
Stand and look from here,
you can see the earth’s curve,
a sea-levelled land
bereft of its mother.
Shells we have found
while the silt blew away,
powdered by droughts
and the pitiless wind.
Stand here with me
at the high spring tide—
you know the stark sea
will swell all over this again
poem © copyright df barker 2012
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Hi David
the high spring tide can be so impressive, lovely. 🙂 A sea-levelled land bereft ot it’s mother…
The poem would also look great on the Poetry from the Sea blog 🙂
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Thank you so much Ina! By all means, if wish to include on your other blog, please go ahead, I would be honoured. 🙂
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Done 🙂 it is the 50th posting there 🙂 Thank you very much!
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Love to see that, great shot too. I have a thing about the water generally, and anywhere a little “rough” gets me going haa Great poem bud, very enjoyable on this pretty spring morning coffee time. 🙂
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Lovely poem. I’m currently reading Elly Griffith’s “Ruth Galloway” mysteries, which are set in Norfolk. It’s nice to see what the coast, a setting she uses frequently, looks like.
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Hi. Lots of ‘s’ sounds in this poem. I like ‘stark sea’. Jane
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Hi,
The power of the sea, a great poem. 🙂
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So many words and phrases that touched me this morning.. I’m so glad to be back reading your poems.. xo Smidge
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Beautiful poetry David
reminded me of the vacation at my parents beach house..the way ocean bulges during the spring tides,frankly if on the beach it scares me a bit…from the comfort of home the ocean looks beautiful
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Makes me homesick – love the pic
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i love the tides..big north sea fan…and you capture so much here…deep…a sea-levelled land
bereft of its mother… i like..
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This is so beautiful, David…it brought to mind many and experience from years ago. Touching final stanza. Your comment on my alien poem gave me a good laugh.
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A BEAUTIFUL poem! And nice picture to go with it. I love poems about the sea and wind…
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THANK YOU!
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Thank you very much Victoria!
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thank you Claudia!
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Soma, thanks very much!
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thanks very much indeed!!!
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I love this, David – seems like your poetry just gets better and better, engaging all the senses!
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I love to stand at the shore and stare out at the horizon imagining beyond the limits–the earth’s curve. Beautiful. Debra
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Thanks very much Debra!
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sea-leveled land, bereft of it’s mother. Wow!
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Such beautiful imagery and sounds here, David, and your photo is lovely, too…this takes me back to when we rented a beach house when the kids were little. Tranquility abounds by the ocean, doesn’t it? Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
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You took me there, David, on the soft waves of your words. This is among my favorites of yours!
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