With thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk
for the prompt, generating ideas.

A memory of tides and candlelight, lingering between worlds.

#poemsabout #candlelight #PoetryOfTheSea
#MemoryAndMyth
#LostLove
#MythicVerse
#OceanPoetry
#HauntingImagery
#PreviousLife
#ShipwreckedHearts
#MysticPoetry

Missed our dive into contemporary poets whose work embodies the ocean as connective tissue in the Pacific? 🌊 From Chamorro to Māori voices, their words keep the tides alive. Catch up here 👇
#OceanPoetry #PacificVoices #OceanHoptimism

Kanaka Maoli poet Brandy Nālani McDougall writes of ocean as ancestor & nation. In “The Salt-Wind, Ka Makani Paʻakai,” she frames the sea as homecoming, kinship, & sovereign space for Native Hawaiian identity.
#HawaiianPoetry #IndigenousVoices #OceanPoetry

Beneath the sky, the ocean breathes.
Its waves remember what we’ve forgotten. 🌊✨
#oceanpoetry #natureverse #calmthoughts #AIart #poetrydrop #blueskywriters

Welcome! I, @xochitlclare.bsky.social host Ocean Improv Poetry Tables—where people create poems on the sea. 🌊✍🏾 This is their archive. 📖

Join for ocean science, performance & storytelling.

📍Find me @:

✨Georgetown Steam Plant
✨Burke Museum
✨Equinox Studios Seattle

#OceanPoetry #ArtScience

Sailor #drinks his fill,
Selkie rises from the deep,
With a sand dollar, whole.

🦭 🐚

#HaikuFeels #DailyPrompt #PoetrySky #MicroPoem #ThreeLines #Folklore #Selkie #MythicalCreatures #Mythology #SeaLegends #OceanPoetry

Every poem at this table is a new voice in the tide. 🌊

This space is collaborative—sit, write, and reflect on your connection to the ocean. No experience needed, just an open heart. 💙🌊

📍 Come add your voice! #OceanPoetry #CollectiveStories

“It makes me want to sign up for improv again!” 🌊✨ Poem & a co-creation #tbt !

At January’s Ocean Poetry Table Georgetown Steam Plant, Adam Pomata & I crafted a poem, & he shared his 2002 “Questions Answered” project—storytelling threads connecting past & present!

✍🏽💙 #OceanPoetry

The Ocean Poetry Table launched just 5 months ago—and the tide is rising!

🌊 7 sessions
✍🏽 38 poems
👥 84 visitors
🖋️ 73 poets
🎤 Countless ocean stories shared!

Catch us this Sat @ Georgetown Steam Plant!

#OceanPoetry

Where the sea carves hymns into weathered wood,
and moss clings like memory to its spine.
Each wave forgets; the jetty remembers.

#WeatheredWood #CoastalMood #JettyStories #OceanPoetry #CinematicSeascape #SunriseTide
#Beach #BodyOfWater #Coast #Horizon #HorizonOverWater #Motion #Nature #Ocean

Marshallese poet Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner centers ocean, atolls, & survival in a time of rising seas. Her poems & performances carry Pacific colonial pain, resilience, & climate justice, making poetry a vessel for both grief & hope.
#ClimateJustice #PacificVoices #OceanPoetry

“deep sea bioluminescent creatures
glide through the abyss
glowing green jellyfish weaving
through the twilight of the reef” 🌊

When this was written at the #GeorgetownSteamPlant it started to become clear while engaging with folks how the ocean is always speaking to us.🩵✨

#OceanPoetry #BlueMind

🎭 Missed me Thursday? Catch me at Equinox! 🌊✍🏾 @equinoxstudiosseattle

The Ocean Poetry Table is making waves at Arty Gras this Saturday! 🎨🔥

📅 Sat, Mar 8 | ⏰ 6-9 PM
📍 Equinox Studios, 6555 5th Ave S, Seattle

Write & connect—plus enjoy open studios, bonfires & magic! 💜💛💚 #OceanPoetry

One of the top words at the Ocean Poetry Table?
✨ Bioluminescent ✨!

Here’s some glow-in-the-dark poetry born from it.>>>

~~Word Cloud pulled from visitor data~~

Feeling inspired? Come write tomorrow @ Georgetown Steam Plant!

#OceanPoetry #Bioluminescence #WriteWithMe #GlowUp

Across these poets we see:

• Ocean as homeland & archive
• Sea as political & endangered
• Breath, migration, & survival
• Climate grief & justice

Ocean poetry is more than waves. It’s testimony & future.
#OceanPoetry #HopeAsFuel

Robert Sullivan’s “Star Waka” is a landmark Māori work: 100 poems charting waka (canoe) as vessel, ancestor, & ocean archive. His poetry keeps the Pacific alive as a map of memory, migration, & future.
#MāoriPoetry #StarWaka #OceanPoetry

I lost myself
a dozen times
floating in the morning sea
rolls and rolls
of heaven’s scribes
dancing themselves into me

#ocean #oceanpoetry #poetry #bskypoets #blueskypoetry #naturepoetry #sunrise #poet #delraybeach #spirituality

🚨 Join @xochitlclare.bsky.social for an Ocean Poetry Table! 🚨

📍Burke Museum
📅 Free First Thursday | Mar 6, 2025 | 4–7 p.m.

✨ Celebrate Women in STEAM with creativity, science & storytelling! 🌀💙 #OceanPoetry #WomenInSTEAM