read | the tide rises, the tide falls 15/19

"memory of the sea" | a poem by clarice lima

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"naiad's requiem" | a poem by natalia queenan

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"buoyancy" | a poem by pamela seong koon

01:06

"the lobsterman and the lorelei" | a poem by ashly kim

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"light through water" | a poem by makena metz

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"larry's last tidepool" | a poem by meg smith

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Strange Seas, Strange Skies

Elyssa Tappero

love grows like a wild thing in my chest
oft threatening to break free from its cradle of flesh and bone...

The salty tongue of the sea

Isabelle Singleton

Pulling the words from his mouth
like a fishing line from water...

Trust Me

Elli Samuels

I will hold your secret,
soft and sacred...

You and I

Naomi French

Slough off your old skin.
Let me cover you with the tide...

The sea-maiden's memory

Sher Ting

I
we met at the ridge of a broken shore...

Blue of the Marsh

Meg Smith

You have made this whole
with your dark eyes...

The Ocean as Big as Sky

Lynn Finger

we paddle, my lover & I,
small in kayaks through...

To the End of Orion, You Said,

Lynn Finger

to the collapse of that pierced belt & bright...

Dusk

Sarika Jaswani

Dusk presses
& melts...

Headlands

KC Bailey

Willingly, I lose
myself to the tide...

haiku

Jim Young

regrets
blowing like sand...

Haiku

Christina Chin

rocking boat
wave after wave...

the tide rises, the tide falls | an oceanic literary magazine

"memory of the sea" | a poem by clarice lima

"naiad's requiem" | a poem by natalia queenan

"buoyancy" | a poem by pamela seong koon

"the lobsterman and the lorelei" | a poem by ashly kim

"the big sea" | a poem by sarah e azizi

"light through water" | a poem by makena metz

"season of summer" | a poem by aneleh

"larry's last tidepool" | a poem by meg smith