A silent sea?
…something more to say…
Listen
Surf sounds, chansons de mer,
the breaking rollers,
mellowed crunch of wave on wave,
the drumroll of eternal tides.
There is no silent sea, we think…
…consider a sheltered beach,
in the lee of a baffling sand bar,
sea-spawned shoal,
mediator for sea and shore,
muffler of the surf,
tamper of the bursting breakers,
damper of the singing of the sea,
guardian of truth about
the vastly silent blue water.
September 16, 2015
Published:
February 2017 in my first book of poems, Writing Rainbows: Poems for Grown-Ups, available on Amazon
December 18, 2016, in The Australia Times Poetry
March 2, 2016, in Whispers
January 21, 2017, in Creative Inspirations
I felt the sounds of the modest surf wash up to me. I was sitting almost alone on First Encounter Beach in Eastham, Cape Cod. I happened to imagine that only the tiniest element of the ocean makes all this noise, and that nearly all of the blue water on our planet rises and falls in magnificent silence nearly all the time. I’ve been at sea only once. I don’t recall noticing this aspect of the bounding main—the social sounds of the cruise ship made it impossible to hear silence. I wasn’t thinking about the cruise as I sat on the high sand on the Cape. I was thinking that the sea may have more to say. I was listening.
* * * * *
My poems. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2017 All rights reserved.
Seeing far: Selected poems with 47 free verse and haiku poems,
and the rest of my poetry books are for sale on Amazon (paperback and Kindle)
and free in Kindle Unlimited, search Amazon for “Richard Carl Subber”
The Reader (Der Vorleser)
Not just a rehash of WWII…
by Bernhard Schlink
click here
* * * * * *
Rick Subber
My first book of poems, Writing Rainbows, is available on Amazon.
I am a poet, a writer, an editor, a teacher, a moralist, a historian, a grandfather, and an unflinching student of human nature. I try to use the right words to create poems that have clarity and character. I do freelance editing and offer my services as a writing coach--I have repeat clients in the U.S., Australia and Italy. In my professional career I was a reporter/editor/research manager/strategic planning manager. I've been in love with my wife for 49 years.