' ' ' ' ' Stealing An Ocean Poem by Dónall Dempsey

' ' ' ' ' Stealing An Ocean

Rating: 2.7


Stole a starfish
from an ocean

snatched from the bottom
of the sea

making it
into a paperweight

holding down
unruly poems

trying to escape
on a passing breeze.

The ghost of
an ocean

hiding in a shell

so female
Mother of Pearl

whispering
in my ear

the sound
of my own

blood.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Carol Gall 10 June 2009

words flow in your poem 10

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Colin J... 10 June 2009

We all have them don't we? . Some turned into lamps (conch shells) Loved this one... Colin J...

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Dónall Dempsey

Dónall Dempsey

Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.
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