Attrition
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By london_calling79
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Slick vast crush of bare ocean,
split white with dolphin crest
and the roll and the roll,
frets and worries at the lip of the world.
Canted concrete gulls circle above
the hiss and the flow,
the caw and the caw,
insistent wings clung to wind.
Thin foam salt fingers dissipate,
mark sand ruts,
give up their hearts,
here, here in the slipping shades
of darker shadow, rock
eroded by an ailing ocean
and the ragged beachhead
and the moulting gullwings
and the stone strewn shoreline
of the lost
and the losing.
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yes, it is very waering,
yes, it is very waering, losing adn losing, but I guess if you go with the flow and just say no.
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some beautiful movement of
some beautiful movement of words in this poem and great metaphors; as in
slick vast crush of bare ocean,
split white with dolphin crest
and the roll and the roll,
frets and worries of the lip of the world.
Really enjoyed your poem.
Jenny.
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The sea as a fretful man with
The sea as a fretful man with all the mind's inner anxieties tossed up like flotsam.
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The restless wildness of the
The restless wildness of the ocean still makes me glad of watching from the solidity of the land! Rhiannon
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some of the word combinations
some of the word combinations in this are fantastic - definitely one to read aloud
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I love the drama of the ocean
I love the drama of the ocean, and you have captured this so well in a word-painting.
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Stunning lc...can hear all
Stunning lc...can hear all those gulls ( that caw caw- they always sound like they are laughing in s mocking fashion!) crashing waves, fantastic placing of words..such an emotive piece x
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This is our Poem of the Week
This is our Poem of the Week - congratulations!
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I like a lot here,
I like a lot here, particularly the way you have used repetitions so well. Congrats on the awards - well deserved!
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