Tag: ocean

After the Storm

by Lindsay, posted in poetry 
After the storm 
And hounding waves,
 The coastline changed.
 I haven’t the memory
 Of where rocks used to be
Or sand banks curved.
  
 This boat has drifted 
 Further from shore.
 In the mist, I peer
 Over the edge to find
 Sunken dark shadows and
A quivering reflection of myself.
  
 The seagull’s long soliloquy 
 Echoes across a glass bay.
In my mind of fogged mirrors,
 I squeak-rub clear patches 
With my shirtsleeve 
 Only to catch my own eye.
  
 Buoys scatter across the harbor.
 I tie off my boat and follow, 
 Downward with my eyes,
 The mucked chain 
 Toward its foundation,
 Dissolving into darkness.

The dVerse prompt for today, provided by Anmol, is to write a confessional.

dVerse Poetics: The Art of Confession in Poetry

The Anchor Sinks

by Lindsay, posted in poetry

The anchor sinks
 
            deep
 
 
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and settles into the muck. It is mired there when the chain eventually (and inevitably) breaks away. The anchor remains for seven hundred and thirty-nine years, collecting barnacles and exposing the curiosities of fish.