Nature's Gifts



This tangled mat of seaweed and shells
lies discarded in careless curves
strewn along the shoreline.

Stranded in time by receding waves -
these gifts are left by lonely sea
and promise to return.

Then once again this tangled embrace
will grace the majesty of life
and its own destiny.

About this poem

Living next to the ocean is such a privilege and my stimulus for most of my writing.

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Submitted by susannaelliott on April 13, 2024

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Scheme XXX XAX XXA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 286
Words 54
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3

Susanna Elliott-Newth

Susanna is a teacher, living near the coastal fringes of the Illawarra Coastline in NSW, Australia. Her environment is her stimulus for her writing. She has published four books of short stories, as well as her own memoir book, and writes educational resources for teachers. more…

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  • one.ournewecho
    This poem brought me back to my strolls on the Ocean bottom floor while the tide was out-thankyou.
    LikeReply14 hours ago

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