Ocean Poem

Imagined Trip To The Bottom Of The Sea

The birth of imagination and allowing oneself to go there - magical places that exist in the mind.

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Thanks again Ann for your lovely comment. I'm glad it made you smile. It was originally meant as a death poem and I changed some words at the end of it - it still is really but in a joyous...

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An Ocean Birth

James J Murray © more by James J Murray

Published by Family Friend Poems April 11, 2025 with permission of the Author.

Bestir in me an ocean birth where starfish twinkle bright in mirth
                    And crooner whales who fancy chance invite the mermaids out to dance
Where seahorses number in their scores will pull my coral carriage fore
                    And maiden sea-nymphs take my hand and set me on a coral stand
Thus when in place they'll ring its knell to which the oceans churn and swell
                    And thrust me forth in tidal currents that sweep the globe in winding torrents
To where up on some rugged coast I'll disembark and thank my hosts.

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I am originally from Ireland. I arrived in New York in my late teens and have lived here for over 30 years. I travel back occasionally. I enjoy fly fishing and being outdoors. I'm not a writer nor a poet however I enjoy writing nonsensical rhymes about different things that usually amount to nonsense - but it’s fun! And a big thank...

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Thanks again Ann for your lovely comment. I'm glad it made you smile. It was originally meant as a death poem and I changed some words at the end of it - it still is really but in a joyous way as I see it. I read it as a reading for a friend who's dad passed recently he was a fisherman and boater in the Rockaways here in NY. I read it the way I originally wrote it. And they loved it.

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  • Antionette Panico by Antionette Panico
  • 1 week ago

This is very beautiful, I am not sure of its real meaning though? I see it as a death and rebirth into heaven?

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Thank you for making me smile, yet again. Very best wishes, Ann.

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