February Storm at the Coast
Beside the rumbling shingle's edge,
Tumbled by sucking, white-capped waves,
Along the path of dainty shells:
The ocean's jewels, cowries, winkles,
Razors ribbed like angels' wings
Tossed as if by careless hands;
Beneath the darkened, windswept sky
Where seagulls, white against the gloom,
Fling up into tumultuous heavens,
Then down to ride the foaming crests,
And daring rays of sunlight die,
Extinguished by the swirling gloom;
Against the wild and singing wind-
Such strange, unearthly melodies-
Caught up between the numbing gusts
Where storm-blown raindrops sting like knives,
Powerless in Nature's loosened force,
Battered as a wave-borne stone,
I face the gale.
About this poem
I grew up near the Southern coast of England and spent many afternoons at the Channel coast. I wrote the first draft of this poem around the age of 12, then revised it a few years later. It was the first poem I'd written that I was proud enough to share.
Submitted by tbard on March 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 672 |
Words | 118 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 1 |
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