Ode to the Sea

I missed your curly salty essence, which welcomed my chilled body into its delightful depth, where a warm current infused a fresh spirit into me… I missed your sandy shores with their polished shells, which sail into the sunset to fall into oblivion with its sunken ships, rum bottles and human fates. You have an enormous fortune to share with me. I missed it, when your playful barmy waves, obsessed with the rising Sun, splashed me up and covered my face leaving its luscious watermelon smell, which absorbed my poignant tears, as if we exchanged our souls.

 You, heady and wild, almighty and eternal.  You, who cognized my love and my weakness, you, who enticed me to come to your shores every evening, humming rocky melodies to the Moon, only you, who were always at my feet, revealing my shade, will be on my mind.

Reviews

[Ruairidh]

I looked out on a wild Atlantic this morning from the north west coast of Scotland (as I have so many mornings) and voiced no feelings, thought no words, but experienced something all the same. How glad I am to have read a poem this evening in which your words express those memories and emotions that are buried, to borrow from Yeats, in the ‘deep heart’s core’ of those of us lucky to have had our inner lives enhanced by the sea.

It is a beautiful poem. You sum up in finite adjectival terms the sea’s essence: ‘curly’ and ‘salty’. What more needs to be said? I’d never heard it described as ‘curly’ and am glad that I now have, as I’ll borrow that adjective some time I’m sure – if you don’t mind...

Your personal relationship with this personalised sea is what has remained with me after reading your prose poem. The successive use of the first and second personal pronoun build towards an evocative closing stanza: it seems that that this ‘heady, wild, almighty and eternal’ essence has been firmly internalized in your self. Perhaps I read too much into that; but if not I know how it feels. Needless to say I think, but thanks for posting.

[Mariam]

Well thank you a lot for stopping by truly and writing this constructive review. I'm alway happy to know that some people feel my poems inside. Yes "curly" is what I think abt waves... I think it's a nice definition, of course I don't mind if you borrow this word. I compared the sea and me, you got it. Thanks a lot for finding time to share your feelings with me

[Ruairidh]

Tha fàilte mhòr ort / You're more than welcome. Nw and then you read something that strikes a chord on a particular day or with a certain way of thinking, and this poem struck that chord for me yesterday. It was a pleasure to read, think on and write about. I look forward to reading more of your work.

[Mariam]

welcome to my page :)

[Scott Metro]

This is lovely...well phrased...a joy to read.
Enjoyed it a bunch !

Scott

[Mariam]

thanks for your kind review)

[Vria P Crow]

This is an exquisite piece of poetic prose. The sea is personified as a female energy; she is "wild," "almighty", and "eternal." I imagined a pair of female energies in this narrative. It is the duet between a poet and nature. Surely, the poem can stand alone, but the photograph confirms the love of two women which is indicated in the following line: "You, who cognized my love and my weakness/you, who enticed me to your shores every evening." The author creates a lovely atmosphere to preserve emotion, and thereby, reflecting her affection.

Thank for you sharing your vision, Mariam.

[Mariam]

Thank You for sharing your thoughts with me!

[Vria P Crow]

It was my pleasure!

[SkinlessFrank]

love can be as sensual as this so that we together traverse both earth and the body...your writing is magnetic

[Mariam]

such a nice understanding of my poem, thanks for your kind review!

[Coyote Poetry]

I understand this poem. The sea can tempt us. I enjoyed your description. Artwork gave life to the poem. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Mariam]

Thanks for understanding my poetry, Coyote.

[emmajoy]

Your words amaze me because they really do bring the sea to life, to light. Plus, your phrasing plays with meanings, metaphorical or otherwise. ' .. you, who enticed me to come to your shores every evening, humming rocky melodies to the Moon, only you, who were always at my feet, revealing my shade, will be on my mind... ..'

[Mariam]

thanks for reading and your kind review)

[emmajoy]

My pleasure, love reading poets new to me.