Your Ode to the Big Blue

Plunge into the blue
Reef vibrant with life and vim
Ocean I love you

Crashing, roaring waves
Thunder on the beach; they pound
My ears - deafening!

- Trevor Hampel, www.trevorhampel.com

Waves calling my name
Surf pounding me into sand
Bad surfer fun game

-Maggy, Washington, DC

Siren:

I hear the siren call of the sea;
whispering, ever so gently to me;
"Come hither," she says, "and spend the rest of your days;
frolicking in the ocean with me.

Larry Dalton

I recently was in the in the Ocean over the Sea I dropped a Jem that now I can't see I dove in as far as I can see and when I hit the bottom you were there for me:) And inspiration from the bottom of the Sea... By Tony Ocean:)

I love the ocean, but it doesn't love me.
I've a terrible salt water allergy
That me makes me icth and say "Oww-eee"!!!

Waves crash the soft beach
They beat in and they pound out
The heartbeat of life

ocean blue ocean blue
call me to your side
ocean blue ocean blue
take me for a ride

q41 teumbel

Scale-less majesty
Hydrogen and oxygen
Two thirds of the Earth

-B. Platt, Lawrence, KS

Blue swells rock a deep
Cradle of wonderous life;
Mankind’s nascent self.

Blue

Folio, fool’s gold. You’re chill
like coolio. Joke’s on us, you
slip silent like slipstream,
wormhole. Big blue what’s-
his-name? Behemoth. Slouch
toward your own personal paradise.
Whisper moans on your way. Code
like play the record
backward. Da Vinci grew fins,
knew depths. I wept
at your secrets, fell short.

Skylaar Amann
www.skylaaramann.com

Pray for me
For I am a sailor lost
On the open sea
In this vast place
I have done what I know
To do
With chart and sail and engine
Hull and rudder
I have ridden waves and troughs
And sun
And run with currents
Partnered with the wind
I have befriended the friendless ocean
Wished upon the stars and moon
And called upon all those
Who went before
And from this trackless place
I ask of you
Please
Pray for me
To come home safe
For I am
Your sailor

--Tim Knecht

Miraculous depths…
The Lord of Creation made
Me to bend my knee

(Thank you! This was terrific fun. I love haiku so much that I once composed a recipe for au gratin potatoes entirely in 5/7/5. In our house, we will always call them Haiku Potatoes.)

The Feelings of The Ocean

The night darkens over the ocean,
The blue water turned to black.
The sun sinks into the horizon,
No one sees it coming back.

The rainbow deep in the ocean,
Is home to many fish.
The dark skies up above,
Cry out for one wish.

The fish look above,
As tears fill their eyes.
The ocean sighs with disbelief,
“I’ve lost my color of pride.”

The ocean feels,
A sense of pride fades.
The ocean sees,
The blue turned to gray.

Night grows deeper black,
Then resembles some blue.
“I’ve got my color back,
What should I do?”

As the sun slowly rises,
The darkness sinks away.
The ocean is excited now,
But just for the day.

A tarmac at sea
miles from nowhere and then some
peacefully steaming
its wake a V in smooth glass
prism for the setting sun

Visions of vastness
blues in every direction
seagulls drifting by
carried on salty breezes
and fighting for scraps of food

Tons of Pittsburg Steel
cutting through thunderous waves
the flight deck abuzz
America's best pilots
protecting the Seven Seas

Long after Mankind
had destroyed all life on land
and much in the seas
with war, pollution, disease
what He didn't know survived

dwelling in the deep
undocumented waters
thriving, surviving
on that which sank the deepest
in the oceans of this Earth

The ocean roars,
big and blue,
the seahorse swins,
the sharks attack,

fish swimming,
people floating,
having fun jumping the waves,
living...
in the ocean

she sells seashells down by the seashore, no more
beads of tar, riddled with scars, remnants of our passing
waves wash across a barren seascape
siphons pulled in, seashells long gone
or not? It might be up to you.

Hungry predators
A tangle of fins and tails
Someone misses lunch

An Ocean; A potion
The briney blue deep
Aboard a vast ship
Rocked you to sleep
A fisher; star-wisher
A sailor doth mark her
Ahoy there, fair mermaid,
Safe from Davy's locker
Sirens call hither from
The dangerous rocks
Waters of indigo
Obscure crashing docks

Roses are red
Oceans are blue
Oh how I love
to sail with you.

....Blending

One ocean
oscillates
with a billion shores
splashed
in zillions of ways...

I walk firmly on one
wet beach
following tide lines
salt air in my curling hair
evaporating

- poem by Anne Selden Annab

I am a diver not a poet but here goes:
Hot, sweaty, I smell the neoprene.
Flex my fingers in my gloves a glance out, I see blue and green.
Begining With Review And a Friend, I ask my buddy a second time, please check my air again!
Aprehension at things forgotten, has it been so long?
Not so say I, still hoping I'm not wrong.
Ankles cool, shins a splashing!
I shuffle forward, fins in hand, the waves tumbling and crashing.
Fins are on! Toes wiggle! Mask hugging my face,
I drop in silence, breathing slowly, feeling Mother Ocean's loving embrace.
Creatures come and go watching, avoid this clumsy child from above,
I kick and glide gentle movements water swirling, floating freely...
once again, I am in love.

Ocean so brave
Yet so kind
Flows just like the thougths
In my mind
Waves crash onto
The seashore
I'll lay and watch
And just ask for more
I hear the siren
Call of the sea
Saying so gently
"Come play with me"
I say "Nay could but must not
For I must not hurt you
not the slightest drop"
But as roses are red
and you, my ocean, are blue
I will always
always love you

-Alyssa

Jagged rocks, crashing waves,
Whipping wind, harsh storms
How can anything survive in such turbulence?

But beneath the waves
Lives a world, thriving
In the ever-changing tide

A world of color
Of movement
Of sound.

Nothing is left untouched by fate
But whether or not we endure
Is up to us.

Sunlit waters, sparkle like diamonds
Beneath deepest blue, valleys and mountains.
Heavy, vast water so needed for life
Tales of serenity, wonder and strife.
Myriad sea life to boggle the mind
Beauty and mystery all this you will find
In the ocean, that vast spans of blue.
Ponder, rejoice and then ponder anew.

the waters wash over me
the cool cleanses my soul
the waters refresh my being
i am reborn

An ocean breeze swirls cheerfully around me;
Engufling my soul to the depths of the sea.
The gentle waves lap upon the shore;
Enticing my senses for memories evermore.
I see a shell tumble close to my sandy feet;
I take it in my hand and hold it close so that I can see.
It's the most beautiful shell I have ever seen;
Its a delicate pink and shades of bluegreen.
I imagine this shell to be a rare beauty indeed;
A beauty to be cherished and given in time of need.
For the beauty of a shell can turn gray days to sun;
And make my spirit soar until I can no longer run.
I collapse on the soft sand and stare longingly into the sky;
Seagulls fly gracefully as puffy white clouds go by.
I look down to find my shell taken by the sea;
But I smile and remember it brought me such glee.
I wonder tomorrow who will be blessed to find;
The shell that is a beauty and one of a kind.
I know it will bring joy and make their heart sing;
Because now I know what rare beauty brings.

ZMH FLa

Ocean so brave
Yet so kind
Flows just like the thougths
In my mind
Waves crash onto
The seashore
I'll lay and watch
And just ask for more
I hear the siren
Call of the sea
Saying so gently
"Come play with me"
I say "Nay could but must not
For I must not hurt you
not the slightest drop"
But as roses are red
and you, my ocean, are blue
I will always
always love you

- Meh

From plankton supplying the world's oxygen, to loggerheads eating oil - mistakes of men, the ocean provides us with everything, about her I must with praises sing.
From Sean-Ann

Charleston’s Salt Flats

Periwinkle dusk cradled in meringue-d moon -
Beams with tinged sun-drops each echoing its own
Crooning –love for day’s sweet end, far-flung skinny oaks
...And ocher-ed waves of spindly marshes dance in the
Salty drink, architectural perspectives paint
The gentleness of each sentry’s uniform
Tenderly embracing reflection-ed wetness
Slowly emptying the tendril-ed ribbon-ed
Salty streams outward into the great Atlantic
Wilds, divided sepias outline the punctuat-
Ing dance with kisses of our entwined enchantment
Charleston salt flats welcoming lovers’ hungry souls

Debora Short, May 17, 2008

through an ocean door
foam combers recede and leave
a line in the sand
(familiar form)

low tide...
the beach is left
with seaweed
(modern form)

- Peach http://HaikuToday.net

Oceans clean and blue
Home for fishes and coral,
Don't pollute their home.

Your multi shades of light, dark blue and turquoise hues
Take my breath away.
Oh, the stories you can tell if we only listen.
The lovers that have felt your clam embrace
As they lay beneath your cover.
Hearts beating faster
The sun's rays glisten across
Your light, dark blue and turquoise hues.

KJ Smith

Stuns me ev'ry time:
View of ever changing sea--
Pray life within lasts.

What Rachel Saw

Take me to see what Rachel saw,
Cresting waves,
Dark indigo blue.

Take me to smell what Rachel smelled,
Salty wind,
Over decay of fish.

Take me to hear what Rachel heard,
Crashing waves,
Crying gulls.

Take me to feel what Rachel felt,
Knobbly starfish,
Silky sand.

Yet, do I really need to see,
To fix bleached coral,
All because of me,
So far away.

Ocean
Blue, Salty
Rolling, Turning, Flowing
Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean, Indian
Living, Moving, Swimming
Colorful, Breathtaking
Sea Life

Ocean blues
The Ocean you may say is just water
Well it has feelings
Just like you
When its mad it will flood us
And it might even drown us
When its happy it will have perfect waves for surfers and swimmers
When its sad it will either rain or the waves will get choppy
Always remember to make it happy
And never pollute it

Ocean

HARK!
A new wave
A new ponder awakes me
I love thee ocean

I am weightless
I have a new life
I am an ocean
I am me

Rainbow coral brushes
my face
Dolphins kiss
my cheek
Colorful fish sing
La La to
my ears
Mermaids twirl about
me and the ocean

I am one in the ocean
and
the ocean is one in me

By. Gabrielle

Oil

I swim in the ocean killing all in my path. They try to get rid of me but I keep coming back. I hide in cracks of the ocean floor. I take lives like many before. I swim in a shadow of fine misty black. I am not a dream nor am I life. I am death, a fine misty black.

-Elijah Marriott

Ocean Colors

There are many colors in the sea
here are just a few to see
lavender,peacock,raspberry,
emerald green,and purple
there are many other but,
now there is one deadly color
it's oil,oil,oil. is near
All the fish are dying,there
all the sharks are sinking
and the birds they are not a flying.

It's magical really
the way life exists
in an endless sea
Radiant colors:
green, pink, orange, and more
glow beneath the surface
Water so clear
you can see everything
Colorful fish swim
Coral keep it clean
Crustaceans wander
It's all beautiful
Everything is one
It's kind of like... magic

Blue, glistening and free this is what i see.
Happy and fuzzy with delight this is what i feel.
but what many don't know about this beautiful home for fish, is that its crawling with life hopeful, dear and true. the garbage we put in may never come out,the plastic the paper and carbon its true. when you look at a fish the colors seem happy, but if you knew that fish you'd be sorry too. it can hardly breathe with the chemicals inside. please help our fish because when you do they're sure to thank you.

The ocean's their home
We rely on it also
Yet we destroy it