Oceanic

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The ocean is a calm, serene and beautiful work of nature that can evoke tranquility. We hope you found these poems exciting. Ocean water encompasses three main quarters of the earth’s surface. The ocean is home to billions of species that collaborate in ways we can never completely comprehend. Much of the ocean is enigmatic. ‎ Dive into a poetic fusion of the sea and love, where the tides of emotion merge with the vastness of the ocean. With unparalleled ease, she’s able to weave each intriguing detail into a nuanced, thought-provoking poem that also reads like a startling modern-day fable.” —Poetry Foundation

It will continue to be a huge open place ideal for contemplation. ‎Here’s a compilation of some amazing ocean poems for you, ranging from a simple observation of the water to a mirror of our own life. Adiba Jaigirdar is an Irish-Bangladeshi writer, poet, and teacher. She resides in Dublin, Ireland and has an MA in postcolonial studies. She is currently working on her own postcolonial novel and hopes that someday it will see the light of day outside of her computer screen.

In “Secrets of the Sea,” Assan provides commentary on the Syrian refugee crisis. The poem is for Alan Kurdi , a three-year-old Syrian boy whose name made global headlines in 2015 after he drowned in the mediterranean sea, but it is also for all the other refugees that lost their lives. Assan says Kurdi’s name changed the world, while others’ names remain “secrets of the sea.”

Oceanic is a generous, romantic, and ambitious look at the different stages of life, and how we experience the love and wonder that lead us to become more fully realized and compassionate as we grow each decade… [it’s] Nezhukumatathil’s most cohesive collection to date, as she takes her prior preoccupations and dissects them in new ways that invite, as all of her work does, a sense of marvel and astonishment.” — Tin House Dive headfirst into the captivating splendor and sheer might of the ocean through the finest sea-themed poems, all nestled in one cozy corner for your delight!

This act of “glancing down” resonates in powerful consequences. The final lines of “Invitation” offer a question—“Who knows what will happen next?”—that also presents a significant opportunity. What happens next, it turns out, is not only the possibility of a different perception of the sea but also the potential for sensing the world itself entirely and radically anew: