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WRITING OBSTACLE
Write a poem about the sea that does not use the words
Deep,
Blue,
Shimmering,
Cold.
Synonyms and creativity will help you find ways to convey the enormousness and beauty of the ocean without using these common descriptors.
Writings
As I walk along the promenade… I stop for a moment… I look out… And see the ocean view…
I gaze at it for a while… Taking in the view… One of the best I’ve seen in a while… Of the glistening ocean next to me…
I close my eyes… And I hear, a song..? I turn to where I hear it… But there is nothing but the ocean in my stead…
That’s when I realize… It’s not someone playing a song… Someone singing or humming a song… It was coming from the ocean…
From that moment onward….
I was able to hear it….
The ocean’s melody….
(TW: suicide)
A vast world – Stretching before and below. Unfathomable expanse waiting in inky darkness to welcome me.
Fear holds me fast. Fear pushes me forward. I adjust the bulk surrounding my body – the heft that will carry me to my final fall.
Waves and rocking work in tandem with my heartbeat – here faster, slower now. I am already one with the sea.
Splash.
The frigid blanket embraces me. Home. At last
The cool, shiny water. A glimmer of my imagination.
How I wish I could be, A fish or dolphin, How wonderful, That I could see, Through the eyes, Of a wonderful world.
Never thought I could dream, A dream so worth it, A dream that would please, My undying imagination.
(Sorry to torture y’all… Had to write something?)
Howling, Raging, Spinning on the radar like a rainbow pinwheel At a pride parade;
A war-like tempest Flanked by white hot Swords of lightning Surges toward the coast - Vexated - like an oceanic Titan.
Burning saltwater Swirls around its judgmental eye, As its thunderous voice Demands that we answer For our abuse Of this dying planet.
A world within our world, That few of us have been, Submerged below the surface, Mysteries never seen
A myriad of corals, Of creatures we don’t know, A place so full of wonder, But few would like to go
Many lives been lost, Taken by the waves, Pulled beneath the surface, The seabed now their graves
Vessels float on top, Not knowing what’s below Transporting many goods, Some fast and some so slow
Waters that surround us, Threatening our coasts, Many know of tales, Of ships that hold some ghosts
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