Ocean Lyrics

 

These unrelenting waves

surge over the sandbar,

then swish and hiss

upon the sloping shore;

repeating the ocean's lyrics

in a pulsating presence:

now,

now,

now...

© 2026 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. Pacific Ocean ~ Oregon Coast

2. Pacific Ocean ~ Carmel-by-the-Sea, California  

 

  

Returning

 

Returning

to the Atlantic Ocean

is like a homecoming.

Although my home

is on a pleasant peninsula

between the Great Lakes,

the warm water

of Florida's gulf coast

is always welcoming.

The perpetual motion

of the soothing surf

carries contentment,

shimmering in the sunlight,

settling into saturated sand,

washing my thoughts upon the shore.

© 2023 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. & 3. Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park - Florida

2. Grand Haven State Park - Michigan

kissing

 

the lips of spent waves

along the shallowing shore

kissing the moist sand

© 2021 Richard Havenga

Photo Location:

Sunset Beach- North Carolina

Willet

It seems the Willet
never gets its fill, it
advances into the wavelet
then retreats upshore, it
never seems to stop. 

Will it?

© 2017 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations: Sunset Beach, North Carolina