Swell day at Crail by Ghiribizzo

Sea-Swell.

The breast of the sea swells tonight
As her efforts to rise, heightened
By great heaving breaths break her skin,
And inflated balloons, topped thinly
With spume burst, sea is in labour.
She roars, tries suppressed pitch to gain
The shore, finds her efforts are checked
Then sweeps out once more, tumbling
Somersaults over herself, grumbling
Her submarine thunderly sounds
As she feels hard pebbles pounding.
Bloated, yet moving no slower,
Her bellows ignored, foam tears flow
Down watery frills, rollers make
Short work of straining her saltface.
Sea-Swell intends to bare all tonight
In majestic embraces with Springtide.

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ShyWolf
This is exquisite, I will add to the list hereunder "the sea is in labour" and " foam tears flow" captivates - a new approach, well done
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Nikunj
this is the most beautiful delivery that one would ever be allowed to witness. each word glistens like the sea skin would in a full moon night ...your pen is blessed and it's all over the place including the hearts of the readers .....wow is the word
 
Mark L. Berryann
Great expressions of the seas forces!
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sridevi
this is the ultimate sensuous poem ever written on Sea...fay...this goes to my bookmarks too:))Sri.
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Sandra Martyres
This is the ultimate in imagery Fay....."The breast of the sea swells tonight As her efforts to rise, heightened" A fantastic write....that starts and ends wonderfully..the work of a very talented poet.
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Alison Cassidy
'The breast of the sea'! Wow, I wish I'd written that. Somehow this fabulous poem reminds me of a woman in labor. The curvaceous breasts, the roars, the tumbling, rumbling, 'thunderly' sounds - bloated, bellows, pounded, salt stained face. Your seascape certainly has all the passion, intensity and profundity of woman at her most powerful and most vulnerable. Love it! Allie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
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Louis Rams
the sea in a never ending battle to reach the greatest height , to show its strength and its might. and you have put it in pure delight.
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Shashendra Amalshan
Wowww Fay, this is wonderful. The ideal poem to kick start a new-day. The way in which you created visual images in the reader's mind's eye is quite exceptional. I know, some times we go to other poets's page and just write our humble comments, but this time around I am neither exaggerating nor bluffing, your majestic Sea-Swell simply Mesmerized me!!! Thanks and I m gonna also bookmark this one, just in case if i feel like feeling the breeze again lol..
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Scarlett Angel
vividly described Fay,I can see this scene so well...great write .
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