Poems about the Sea

,Water is distinctively Lebanese, the coast engulfs us with its torrents and with its delights. Here are some poems about the sea:

I Am Not Seaworthy

by Toni Morrison

I am not seaworthy.

Look how the fish mistake my hair for home.

I had a life, like you. I shouldn’t be riding the sea.

I am not seaworthy.

Let me be earthbound; star fixed

Mixed with the sun and smacking air.

Give me the smile, the magic kiss

To trick little boy death of my hand.

I am not seaworthy.

Look how the fish mistake my hair for home.

Bowing

By ME

Bow to the tides 

that come forth 

with moon beams 

upon the water

crusting the edge 

of flux.

Bow and be blessed

by the dirtied water

once pristine

now drenched in its

stench.

Bow and be blessed 

for the times 

have had coarse 

effects, 

dried skin 

bleeds deep.

Bow so that 

the moon

crusts on your 

back spine 

curling scars that

bleed deep. 

Bow and be blessed

that today is 

not yesterday,

that tomorrow

is not today,

that that stench 

is all but curable

with the rains 

tears.