BRIAN & ANGELA

THALASSOPHILES ~ An Acrostic Sonnet

 

 

T HALASSOPHILES ~ PEOPLE  who love the sea ! 

H ALF the HUMAN RACE ~ now live on the Coast

A USTRALIA  has an Empty Middle ~ I 

L OVE th SEA ~ and in UK never far ............

A WAY  from the Sea ! Born on the WEST COAST 

S O ~ SAILING and Surfing and Canoing 

S WIMMING  and Diving were a big part   

O F our CHILDHOOD ~ and I love all WATER !  

P EOPLE  who live hundreds of miles INLAND  

H AVE  a different attitude to the SEA.

I  LOVE OCEANS ~ Because out of sight of 

L AND  you feel truly AQUATIC ~ We are

E NGINEERED  to Swim & Dive ~ and with our

S CUBA GEAR we are PISCATORIAL !

 

Thanks for reading ~ comments welcome ~ Love BRIAN XOX

 

Dedicated to CHRISTINA S ~ who loves \"Messing about in Boats\"

 

This poem is presented as Single Word ~ Acrostic Blank Verse Sonnet (Iambic

pentameter) Love words (single or plural) with 14 LETTERS  ~ An Acrostic Sonnet !