Poetry

  • The Kraken
    The Kraken Cephalopods and the Legend of the Kraken

    Of all the myths in the world, few have captured global imagination and enjoyed the longevity of the myth of the "Kraken"... ...

  • On the Sea
    On the Sea John Keats

    contributed by John Delaney ...

  • Pax Geologica
    Pax Geologica by Michael Collier

    contributed by John Delaney ...

  • Once by the Pacific
    Once by the Pacific by Robert Frost

    contributed by Holly Delaney ...

  • Ode to Duct Tape
    Ode to Duct Tape by Ben Larson

    contributed by Ben Larson (VISIONS'05) ...

  • Invertebrate Haiku
    Invertebrate Haiku

    contributed by Michael Vardaro ...

  • Poetry of the Sea
    Poetry of the Sea Dedicated to Jack Dymond (1939-2003)

    Dedicated to Jack Dymond (1939-2003) ...

  • The Wide Ocean
    The Wide Ocean Pablo Neruda

    Ocean, if you were to give, a measure, a ferment, a fruit of your gifts and destructions, into my hand, I would choose your fa ...

  • Tectonics
    Tectonics by Ted Kooser

    contributed by John Delaney ...

  • Poseidon At The Point Diner
    Poseidon At The Point Diner By Michael Brown

    His face looked like an old part of the expressway, Worn to rolling pockmarked flatness; His eyes were seams in the asphalt.
    ...

  • Once by the Pacific
    Once by the Pacific Robert Frost

    The shattered water made a misty din. Great waves looked over others coming in, And thought of doing something to the shore ...

  • Ocean Lullaby Haiku
    Ocean Lullaby Haiku by Jennie Mowatt

    contributed by Jennie Mowatt ...

  • Ocean Haiku
    Ocean Haiku by Dana Africa

    contributed by Dana Africa to Enlighten'10 ...

  • NIGHT
    NIGHT Louise Bogan - From Blue Estuaries

    The cold remote islands And the blue estuaries Where what breathes, breathes The restless wind of the inlets,

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  • My Sister of the Sea
    My Sister of the Sea Ann Kelley Gridley

    She travels home over the waves calm or angry passage blue sky or grey it matters not she is at sea ...

  • Hail Holy Light excerpt
    Hail Holy Light excerpt John Milton

    HAIL holy light, ofspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light,< ...

  • It Is Born
    It Is Born by Pablo Neruda

    Here I came to the very edge where nothing at all needs saying, everything is absorbed through weather and the sea... ...

  • Dover Beach
    Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold

    The sea is calm tonight. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits... ...

  • In Memory Of
    In Memory Of by John Delaney

      I write this in memory of Jack Dymond, who was Professor of Oceanography at Oregon State University for 34 years before his untimely death in 2003. ...

  • Memories
    Memories By Jack Dymond

    I am carried along by memories ... ...

  • My Heart Soars
    My Heart Soars By Chief Dan George

    The beauty of the trees, the softness of the air, the fragrance of the grass, speaks to me. ...

  • Moving Forward
    Moving Forward By Rainer Maria Rilke

    The deep parts of my life pour onward, as if the river shores were opening out. Trees and stones seem more like me each day.
    ...