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bluestem
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since 2001-05-30
Posts 6
rapid city, SD

0 posted 2001-06-06 11:40 AM




today's tide on the shores,
across the borders
of water wind and earth
does not decide
the pulse of the deep

the skin upon an endless water
heaves skyward,
pulled by some celestial tendrils
woven tight by the gravity
of a distant rock
but doesn't budge
the body of the blue

only those with homes on the shore
the urchins, sculpins, crabs and coral,
seaweed, starfish, and the rich
will witness the twice daily dance,
the infinite and rhythmic waltz
that matters not
to the larger life
below


© Copyright 2001 Sara Marks - All Rights Reserved
Red_Feather
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since 2001-01-19
Posts 131
The Vagabond Sea
1 posted 2001-06-06 11:09 PM


I spent a good part of my childhood enthralled by the immense unseen and unknown of the deep. I wanted to see and to know. Now, I would settle for the seaweed and the starfish, rich or no, to be near it. This brought to me that old feeling of wonder. You definitely have favor with words blue.

One's not half two it's two are halves of one EE Cummings

ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA
2 posted 2001-06-07 07:01 AM


You have captured the sea and it's ways magnificently! My favorite place and where I feel the vast wonder of God's Love..Ellie

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

Romy
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since 2000-05-28
Posts 1170
Plantation, Florida
3 posted 2001-06-07 10:56 AM


I have always been mesmerized by the constant rhythm of the sea.  Reading your poem makes me feel like I'm there.
Thanks for sharing!
Debbie

2dalimit
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since 2000-02-08
Posts 2228
Mississippi coast
4 posted 2001-06-08 05:34 AM


Ahh! The motion of the ocean. "We" matter not. Good poem.
And welcome to the Pub.
Melton

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