Shore-Song.
Ground shakes
as massive breakers force reverberation.
Blast booms,
rock face crash-cracks, creating spume.
Waves break
over fall's gradation as race accelerates.
Tidal sound
grinds into groundswell as din re-bounds.
Water weight
trapping soaked air roars in anticipation.
Before long
tide turns round for another shore-song.
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Author:
Fay Slimm. (
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You had those shore-songs lately there?! Good write Fay.
I have to settle for the duck pond, not being near the coast. It don't whip up much of a storm there when it's windy.
Yes the shore has a song for all seasons and now it sings of Spring tides very loudly some days.
That’s I song I shall never tire of hearing! Thanks Fay 🙏🏻
Same here my friend - - shore songs are vital to my ears and show at the moment that Spring is not too far away. So glad you enjoyed the read.
I can feel the sea's power in that, Fay. And it is the power I love to see from a safe distance - None safer than your poem.
Ah - you are so right Dave - shore songs can be so powerful and agreed tis best to hear them from a respectable distance. Good that you had a glimpse of their mighty petulance in my few lines.
Very nice. Makes me feel like I am watching the tides.
Great to know you felt the force of the tides from my little effort Jane - - thanking you most kindly for dropping by for a read.
Incredible pic for this oh so lovely poem dear Fay. While I'm here in my land locked part of the midwest, I've come to love the shore and all its splendor as I have traveled. Your vivid description of waves repeatedly breaking and retreating is as mesmerizing as actually being there, thank you.
That is no place I would choose to be is land-locked my friend - for having sea in the blood makes leaving it feel more like bereavement to a salty local like me - - so pleased you like the image of Spring rollers we see around here at this time of year. Most grateful too for your lovely comment.
thank you dear Fay
I really enjoyed the layout
line to line, I felt more immersed
in this depiction of a wave's arrival:
'Ground shakes
Blast booms,
Waves break
Tidal sound
Water weight
Before long
tide turns round for another shore-song.'
I love the play on words here dear friend and poet .. and I sure can't fault it ................. x
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