They rise above the horizon
Mere specks to the sun
They head toward shore
The water is beneath
They glide above it looking down
Seeing its deep blue
Wings flap and legs tremble
The sand seems so close
Yet the water is so deep
As they drive forward, waves form
Rolling across the ocean floor
Crashes form white splashes
They can see the details of shore
Dunes sway in the wind
In front of cloudless blue skies
As a group, they circle over the shore
And begin to slowly drop down
Each foot pressing in sand,
Causing imprints that were already there
They are home
Author notes
I love Cape Cod. I started this one just to write about seagulls but it ended up being about coming home.
A contest entry
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300 points, ended July 22, 2007, 7 entries
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Comments
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The seagulls are so pretty and to spendtime in their domain can be awesome,I love nature poems,and this too is a very good one,thank you for entering and good luck in our contest...MM
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Oh deary me. Not another about the sea! But I like this, as opposed to the last I read (not that it was a bad poem). It is odd how sometimes a poem starts off one thing and then completely changes subject as you go on...
Thankyou for entering and good luck in my contest.
Katie -
a good poem
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thank you
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