Songs of pearl ecstasies

Past the ocean’s sea-salt paradigm

Into the everlasting music of her waves

There was warmth in the light’s lingering

Connections of solitude’s souls in shadows

Yet the endless shore brought only endless loss

While the fires of passion flooded the flow of the universe

And weeping angels caressed these sands of time

Weep not in summer’s songs of pearl ecstasies

For the sand is refreshed in moonlight kisses

When recovery sings in star-shine echoes

Past the ocean’s sea-salt paradigm…

 

Author's Note

And yes.. concerning weeping angels.. don't blink.

Reviews

[Dipanjan Dutta]

An excellent blend of melancholy and a sweet freshness. It's simple, it's dense and it's you...the wizard of words. I so liked this work. Its interestingly easy to visualize the poem and once you do that you are actually into it...that brings a smile in a sad face. Pretty well written.

[An owl on the moon]

Your thoughts are so appreciated, Dipanjan. Thank you for your lifting, kind words! May you find sweet inspirations to lift you all this week.

[Alessander]

sea-salt paradigm is an interesting idea, and I'm not certain I quite can wrap my mind around it (but I can be dense at times lol), but it's worth dwelling on.

This strikes me as a very romantic, and maybe even a little sensual jaunt through metaphysics, a truly ecstatic poem written by hermits, madmen and saints.

[An owl on the moon]

Ah, Alessander, always a pleasure to have you by, my friend! Your insights are much appreciated. Just back from a week back home in San Francisco... drove down to Monterey and loved the sea-salt paradigm ecstasy of Steinbeck's ocean. :)

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

...so we fell from the Heavens and the seas of the world embrace us. It lulls me....dumbfounds me... floats me and drowns me all in the same emotion...love...it so simply complicated :) However, no matter how it makes me feel...when hear it in your music selection....see it in your posted art picks...feel it in your words.....I know...it will always exist. :)

[An owl on the moon]

Thank you so much... May such wondrous beauty always flow through you, and around you precious poet. I return to my sea soon, and she waits for me, in the lullaby of her waves. So soon, and how my soul needs her. :)

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

Even though I am of fire I am drawn to the calmness of the sea. My eldest son and my biological grand daughter are both Aquarius, it is funny how they soothe me in their quiet fortitude and they both love water :)

[An owl on the moon]

Ah, so beautiful to see the intimate depth of you and your family. I am an Aquarius, though I have fire in me as well. A strange blend. :)

[PANDORA]

This first sounded so sad..."Yet the endless shore brought only endless loss." That is a great line. It's one of those I wish I had thought of first. Then, however, there was a shift..."For the sand is refreshed in moonlight kisses." Another great line. I really liked how you were able to capture so much emotion in such a short piece.

Thanks for the read

[An owl on the moon]

Thank you so much for your beautiful reflections here, dear poet. This flows from a place deep in me that clings to hope, though all seems darkness.

[PANDORA]

You just gave me the next title to my next poem.

[An owl on the moon]

I look forward to it.

[PANDORA]

It is titled, "Hope is for fool."

[zephyr]

Absolutely sublime wording and expression. A treasure of a write.

[An owl on the moon]

How deeply I appreciate your sweet words, and new friendship. :)

[emmajoy]

Such beautifully rich phrasing, yet - it seems, diluted with tears. The movement of tides, of waves, so often likens the coming and going of relationships, of lost and found love, of waiting, of hoping. Unsure the core of this poem, perhaps an unrelenting want as, ' .. refreshed in moonlight kisses .. When recovery sings in star-shine echoes .. '

[An owl on the moon]

I deeply thank you, dear Emma. You've read my words and sensed my soul for as long as I've been here at the cafe. And yes, you sense the salt of the seas, and the salt of tears. How the ocean within is so full of beauty and pain, and its waves leave such dark lullabies to fill the night.

[raineyday]

You have a marvelous gift..the way you shape your poem with words...they sound melodious and perfectly in sync..
I can never write poem in such a sensual and velvety tone...
Great work ..

[An owl on the moon]

Your words are so kind and encouraging, raineyday. Thank you! :)

[MOON]

The salt of the earth the salt of the sea simply lyrical as usual. Lovely write.

[An owl on the moon]

It's good to have your light on my page, MOON.

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The sea is a bed of salty tears, ebbing and flowing in motion with emotion. I love this wave of deep soul you write, Craig. Stunning poetry!

[An owl on the moon]

Thank you so much, lynn! I do love the ocean, tears and all. :)

[Kesha]

This is so deep. I think everybody interprets it differently. I'm sure if I were to say what I believe it is about it would be different from someone elses. Either way outstanding job.

[An owl on the moon]

I so appreciate you coming to visit my shoreline again. Thank you, dear Kesha.