trident
64The metaphor of the sea can express the depth and breadth of anything similarly expansive. There is small wonder that the sea was worshiped as a god so powerful and foreboding. And yet a god of opportunity and abundance for all who found sustenance in the sea.
siren
pod buoyed in aquatic cocoon
drumming cadence wave's deep bassoon
shifting tide knell adoring moon
hoisting trident praising Neptune.
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© 2011 Gerry Gilligan,
pseudonym- sligobay
All photos, poems and articles © 2011 Gerry Gilligan
Inspired by you Alexandra and your lighthouse poem. Thank you for the visit and kind words. I opened an account on pixels photo site suggested on your profile. Cheers.
Vey nice. Oceanography is so interesting to me.
Very nice and I loved the music. God bless!
Good Hub Sligobay...The ocean is so mystical, and the music that you chose goes oh so Beautifully...Mozart, what a treat!
Thank you Robwrite; Micky Dee and b.Malin for your visits and kind words.
Short and sweet is your poem, but full of hidden depths. Congrats.
Concise is nice. Thank you for visiting.
I'm listening to the music as i respond. It is beautiful, so is your poetry. There's something about the water and waves, i always have a feeling of calmness. Thank you.
Cheers
Thanks Ruby for your visit and lovely comment.
Your poem reminds me of the ocean itself. It looks so shallow in places. You can see the bottom and think it's just right there but when you step out of the boat you find it's really way deeper than you thought. It's mysterious and full of things you never even knew were there. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful hub.
Gerry - so pleased to see you publishing again! And a really gripping one. I'm listening to the music as I mull over the words, soaking them in. It's a fascinating subject, though I am basically terrified of oceans, though I adore water in smaller areas.
Well done!
Short, sweet, and concise with beautiful music to boot. As I type my on my keyboard the bassoon seems to help the words flow like an ocean wave!
Thanks Vix; Nellieanna and Fossillady for your visits and kind words. The ocean always seems to me to be a metaphor for depth and expansiveness. The bassoon shares these features and seemed the perfect accompaniment.
Simple, and beautiful
Nice choice of vocabulary, once again
For such a short poem, it works so perfectly.
Good work Sligo
as beautiful, mysterious and deep as the ocean itself. Loved this little gold nugget of a poem. Thanks!
I agree about the sea as a metaphor.. I've used it too many times..
Thanks BenWritings and Docmo for your visits and kind words. Thanks for the follow Docmo. I'll need to call over and read some of your poetry.
Docmo put it well: "a gold nugget of the poem." How vast and mysterious the ocean must have seemed to the ancient peoples. I almost envy their innocence when it came to the overall breadth of the world. Like most these days, I learned about much of the world before I was able to get out and experience it. Thanks for the interesting and thought-provoking hub, gerry.
Thanks Doug for your interesting comment. As little as the ancients understood in primitive society, their world was small, immediate and uncomplicated. The intrepid few which cast off the known world and set out to sea to face the unknown were courageous. With our modern information age, there are still an intrepid and courageous few which confront the unknown. The ocean depths remain unknown.
Hi sligobay, Your words are beautiful! The sea has a mysterious attraction to so many of us, me included. Thank you. :)
Thanks samiaali for your visit and comment. Our bodies are composed mostly of water and the theory of evolution says that our DNA knows that we all came from the sea to land.
Gerry your absolutely right about the peoples who fed from the sea in so many ways. The ocean is another world in itself, the tides of the seas work in unison with our souls and help form our destiny.
There are depths never discovered and the abyss is blackness like a black hole offers in outer space. Oh the mysteries of the sea, yet it beckons so many of us.
Ken: I could have written a tome about the sea and our mortal relationship with it. To be brief I needed to promise myself that I will return often to the theme. There is our origin and our future for those who care to see. How can we spend such time and money exploring outer space when we have not explored our own back yard? Seven billion homo sapiens and counting. We need to return into the sea to assure the survival of our species.
Hi Gerry , You and the sea , and a new profile I hadn't seen. Be well my friend and congratulations on ten years. Thats a huge milestone . My prayers are with you.
Thanks ahorseback: Your own poetry tells me that you too are on the path and are awed by the serenity of the sea.
....well if 'words' are not your best friends - then all of your faithful followers and passionate fans .....are!!
Thanks Colin for your visit and kind words.
short but beautiful
Thanks Lady Tenaz for your visit and your "short but beautiful" comment.
SilverGenes Level 4 Commenter 15 months ago
I'm so glad you published this here! The ocean holds mystery, life, strength, joy and terror. The bassoon is a lovely sound, almost as nice as the wave :)