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The Ocean

jack griner

Here on a floating boat dock,listening to those never silent waves
Out in the ocean is where many sailors
have found their graves
Mysteries abound in these waters that hide the unseen
As of now,the water has taken on the color of sea green
Weekend adventurers in their sailboats
hoist sails bellowing above
Challenging that rolling ocean,that those weekend warriors certainly must love
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Submitted on February 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABACCDEE
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 378
Words 66
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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I was raised in Cedar Rapids,Iowa,and served my country in the Pacific during W.W.2. I receved a Purple Heart and two commendations.I met my wife of 59 years at a church beach party.I lost her and had to do somthing,to overcome lonelyness.I continued the writing she kept encouraging to do.There are nine books in print,all poetry. more…

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