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

' ' ' ' ' Stealing An Ocean

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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.

Dónall Dempsey
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Topic(s) of this poem: ocean
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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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Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.
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