Monday, March 11, 2013

Oceanography


     Image: Meal Beach, Burra Isles, Shetland by Robin Gosnall

No matter the sparkles,
or what reflects off the surface,
you are deep
and deep
and deep.


Written for The Mag weekly writing prompt.  Check it out.

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27 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 11, 2013 at 10:41 AM

    love it! love it love it love it. Oh the juxtaposition and mystery of the ocean! how well you capture it. Depth and simplicity: that cryptic combination speaks not only of the ocean but of your piece here. well done!

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  2. Optimistic ExistentialistMarch 11, 2013 at 11:46 AM

    Oh how I love this so very much.

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  3. Pat HattMarch 11, 2013 at 12:13 PM

    As long as you give the cat some water wings, he'll go deep

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  4. Doctor FTSEMarch 11, 2013 at 12:32 PM

    Mary - that's swell!

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  5. Brian MillerMarch 11, 2013 at 12:46 PM

    ha. it is often what is beneath the surface...and below what glitters that is most important as well...smiles.

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  6. anthonynorthMarch 11, 2013 at 1:22 PM

    An excellent metaphor.

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  7. AnonymousMarch 11, 2013 at 1:44 PM

    Beautiful
    deeply romantic

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  8. AnonymousMarch 11, 2013 at 1:50 PM

    And deep? This is a great use of repetition, Mary.

    (No, not that Mary, the Other Mary.)

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  9. Tess KincaidMarch 11, 2013 at 2:39 PM

    Excellent...

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  10. Susan AndersonMarch 11, 2013 at 3:28 PM

    I would love receiving this poem from someone.
    I guess that means I like it!

    =)

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  11. LynMarch 11, 2013 at 3:48 PM

    Skin deep...oh, this is so much more...lovely...

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  12. Terra March 11, 2013 at 4:55 PM

    You capture the ocean with these well chosen words. I have begun to write poetry recently.

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  13. AnonymousMarch 11, 2013 at 5:42 PM

    Unfathomable deep. This flows over...

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  14. 21 WitsMarch 11, 2013 at 5:42 PM

    Sounds as though a life lived well, and a love that runs on forever more!

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  15. Other MaryMarch 11, 2013 at 8:26 PM

    Thank you all for reading and commenting. I've visited your blogs and read your lovely work too! Cheers!

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  16. izzyMarch 11, 2013 at 8:37 PM

    Deep and deep- indeed! I enjoyed this- thanks Mary!

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  17. hyperCRYPTICalMarch 12, 2013 at 4:44 AM

    A lovely, lovely, lovely from me too. It is lovely!

    Anna :o]

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  18. Buddah MoskowitzMarch 12, 2013 at 10:24 AM

    This was unexpected and profound. Loved this.

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  19. ayalaMarch 12, 2013 at 1:48 PM

    Excellent, Mary :)

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  20. MargaretMarch 12, 2013 at 3:01 PM

    Not fickle the sea, she is infinite. I always enjoy brief to the point poems :)

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  21. BerowneMarch 13, 2013 at 4:42 AM

    Innovative, imaginative, perceptive...

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  22. Other MaryMarch 13, 2013 at 10:01 AM

    Thank you all - I have been reading and commenting on your pieces as well!

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  23. LLM CallingMarch 15, 2013 at 1:02 PM

    very true

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  24. Yvonne OsborneMarch 16, 2013 at 12:03 PM

    I just happened upon this one, Mary. Your words are simple and beautiful, like the photo. I particularly like the repeat at the end.

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  25. ~T~March 16, 2013 at 2:09 PM

    Deep, and profound!

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  26. Cait O'ConnorMarch 18, 2013 at 7:04 AM

    You say it all

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