At Sea: A Poem

Today’s post is based on a writing prompt I shared in a previous Daily Drafts & Dialogues post. Keep reading to see what I wrote, and to access more writing prompts.

What I wrote below is based on the following writing prompt: Write a poem about whatever comes to mind when you think about being at sea. This writing prompt is intended to spur your creativity. You don’t need to be an expert poet to feel inclined to complete it. Just experiment with words a little bit and see what happens.

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Distant water
Distant dreams
Distant space
To reach fantasies 
Toward wild boundlessness 
Empty fullness
Underneath the deep blue sky
Of familiarity 

Open water
Open dreams 
Open space
To form memories
Across wild vastness
Full emptiness 
Above the choppy glass surface
Of discovery 

Nearby water
Nearby dreams
Nearby space 
To be fully present
In ebbing extensiveness
Symbolic stasis
Inside the perpetual horizon
Of the sea

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I might edit or add to this drafted poem in the future. For now, however, be sure to share your own drafted poems in the comments so we can chat about what we’ve written. 

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© All Rights Reserved by K.E. Creighton and Creighton’s Compositions LLC. The above work is a piece of fiction. While, as in all fiction, the literary perceptions and insights are based on experience, all names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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