The Sea And I Poem by Harley White
The Sea And I
Once I was sand dab small
urchin of the tides
shrieking with the gulls
on my blanket of sand
and head high as the waves
I was playmate to the sea
One and one were we
under the clouds of foam...
Sand crabs tickled my toddles
The conch sang hushabies of the surf
The horses of the sea
whinnied the tunes
of my periwinkle dreams......
Who sells cockles for my suckle?
Who can cuddle stars to sleep?
What Sandman rock-a-byes yesternight's cradle?
All the sun long day
I melted from green to gold
holding the hand of the sea
for only a rainbow long
and gathering handfuls of mist
I was Captain of the tides...
Dolphins dipped to my horn
The turrets of my castles
trembled the wind
The shrill of my whistle
shivered the still
of the serpent's lair......
Who can ride the ebbless tide?
Who can borrow wings from the wind?
What Sandman can cool the burn of my yearnings?
Each stolen night and day
I streaming down the shore
danced the fire dance
in the tongues
of the leaping waves
Neptune strong
Colossus high
I strode the shallow deep
Buccaneer of the boundless main
Captain Hook
of my mussel fleet...
The peaks of my mountains
scraped the clouds
The crash of my drumbeats
thundered the sky
The sting of the salty spray
blurred my lordly eyes
Hickory Dickory heedlessly
I waded the Gulliver shore
While sands of the hourglass trails
trickled forever by......
Who can caress the foam?
Who can touch nevermore?
What Sandman can dry the tears of the sea?
Image ~ Ocean Power
Oh my goodness! ! You are so creative, who.who..who the way you wrote who sleeps who watches who dreams, you are the Van Gogh of poetry And the other poems, you really are quite astonishing, I'm going to read more and more, it's really beatiful poetry
I see that you managed to find my pages. You certainly know how to boost my spirits! I later put the title “Owl-Light” to that ‘Who who’ poem, though not to appear in the calligram. The idea with showing ‘who’ in that way was to depict how consciousness drifts in and out as we are falling asleep, until a deeper ‘who’ in sleep takes over. At any rate, I greatly appreciate your explorations of my works and comments!
Oh my goodness! ! You are so creative, who.who..who the way you wrote who sleeps who watches who dreams, you are the Van Gogh of poetry! And the other poems, you really are quite astonishing, I'm going to read more and more, it's really beatiful poetry
I see that you found my pages. You certainly know how to boost my spirits! I later put the title “Owl-Light” to that ‘Who who’ poem, though not to appear in the calligram. The idea with showing ‘who’ in that way was to depict how consciousness drifts in and out as we are falling asleep, until a deeper ‘who’ in sleep takes over. At any rate, I greatly appreciate your explorations of my works and comments!
I tried to look up website with no results, oh well great poetry!
This is just pure awesome the music is so fitting, you are indeed a very complex person of thought, to express such beatiful lines...the shrill of my whistle shivered the still of the serpents lair...your last three questions are a perfect ending, wonderful!
I see that you thought the music was fitting, but I asked them to remove the video, because I felt that it could interfere with the personal internal flow of the poem for readers... Again, thank you!
I really do love the musicality of words, their sounds and rhythms. Thank you for reading this and for your constant encouragement. I hope you can find the poem in its intended format as well.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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This poem is beautifully transformative. The sea, and creatures of both water and sand voicing their own pleasant and personal mysteries personified by the imagination of a very gifted writer!