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Monthly Archives: March 2015

Sea Poem from Wonderful Emily Dickinson

30 Monday Mar 2015

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Emily Dickinson, Sea Poems

Carrying on from my last blog on sea poems. This one resonated with me, (actually nearly all of them do as the sea is in my bones) Emily is with her dog at the beginning of the poem.

I started early, took my dog,
and visited the sea –
The Mermaids in the basement
Came out to look at me.

And Frigates in the upper floor
Extended hempen hands –
Presuming me to be a mouse
Aground upon the sands.

But no man moved me till the Tide
Went past my simple shoe,
And past my apron and my belt
And past my bodice too –

And made as he would eat me up
As wholly as a dew
Upon a dandelion’s sleeve –
And then I started too.

And he – he followed close behind –
I felt his silver heel
Upon my ankle – then my shoes
Would overflow with pearl.

Until we met the solid town,
No man he seemed to know –
And bowing with a mighty look
At me, the Sea withdrew.

Emily Dickinson

I would love to have spoken with her about this and discussed her imagery. On second thoughts, perhaps it is better to leave the mystery and just enjoy her poetry.

Very best wishes – Denny Bradbury

Poems Inspired by the Sea

18 Wednesday Mar 2015

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Robert Frost, Sea Poetry

A recent gift of a poetry book full of sea inspired poems has quickly become a favourite. Many of my own poems come to me while I sit on the wind blown southern shore of Dorset. This collection has many fine poems, one that particularly stands out is from the brilliant Robert frost. The more I read it the more I see into it.

Neither Out Far Nor In deep

The people along the sand
All turn and look one way.
They turn their back on the land
They look at the sea all day.

As long as it takes to pass
A ship keeps raising its hull;
The wetter ground like glass
Reflects a standing gull.

The land may vary more;
But whatever the truth may be –
The water comes ashore,
And people look at the sea.

They cannot look out far.
They cannot look in deep.
But when was that ever a bar
To any watch they keep?
Robert Frost

Very best wishes – Denny Bradbury

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