Sundown Ship [Haiku]

as the sun sets,
a ship moves out to sea
what's ocean dark?

Rocky Shores [Free Verse]

a rocky monolith,
jutting from the sea,
is smashed by waves.

overgrown with moss
& gnarled trees.

battered brutally
& unrelentingly,

and yet unchanged 
& unmoved.

 birds confidently
settle upon the rocks
&
take off again,
leisurely.

Faux Ocean [Haiku]

clouds in the valley
look like water at the shore
on a gorgeous day

Ocean Awe [Haiku]

lost in ocean awe,
still enough that fish gather
in one's shadow

A One-Drop Ocean, Briefly [Tanka]

waves smash onto rock.
fountain spurts arc skyward.
one droplet hangs
for an instant, flips & drops,
reuniting with its sea.

DAILY PHOTO: Sunrise in a Rocky Bay

Taken in Ha Long Bay in January of 2016

Pale Blue [Haiku]

pale skies stretch 
across the great beyond,
dwarfing an angler

Moon Flare [Haiku]

dark beach night
the moon burns bright
over calm waters

The Churn [Free Verse]

On the shore
of angry seas

I hear the crash
of foamy waves,

but miss the 
crisp sudsy sizzle
that one hears
on a sunny summer day.

That nuanced note
is lost to the Churn

Horse Latitudes [Sonnet]

I scoured vast seas in search of wisdom lost.
It happened when they made me walk the plank,
like scuttled wreckage, sunk sans thought of cost,
as I began to rise, my treasure sank.
I bobbed in seas that each way looked the same.
How could I find my way back to that spot
carried by currents dastardly untamed,
and found days later by a ragged yacht.
And so I drift upon the choppy seas,
and hope for winds to steer me on my course,
but mostly there's not even a slight breeze,
and I'm stuck in ghost screams of a dumped horse.

I hope one day to regain my attitude,
but not stuck down in these damned horse latitudes.