Sea Poem by Joan Metelerkamp
Sea
To have lost even the why or the what for -
to dream and to wake with the weight
of even the mechanical why even the mechanical wherefore -
the primitive one-string cello,
bent low playing a threnody, thread, theme I know,
into the night as I wake heaving it, hearing it -
like a chorus dissolving
not only sadness, sea,
but past sadness
past past sadness
now that I live so close to your sound, sea,
even at night wake to listen for you -
close to your smell
close and often to your salvage
your changing sand and rock shelf, sea,
lost generations
lost progenitors
past sadness, sea
Wonderful imaginary. It is a beautiful metaphorical poem with stunning expression. Thanks for sharing.
A wonderful poem, the enchantment, the sea is sweeping clean her dunes and polishing her corals and she knows very well how to affect our emotions! I really love the sea...ocean, and I loved reading your poem.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/7/2024 2:28:59 PM # 1.0.0.1119
like a chorus dissolving not only sadness, sea, but past sadness past past sadness your changing sand and rock shelf, sea, lost generations A lovely mastered art by the poetess, done so elegantly, soaked with carefully chosen imageries and charming metaphors..forces any reader to regard you as a poet of distinction. Thanks dear poetess for the nicely crafted poem. 10+++ for it. Regards. Subhas