Men and women at the beach exhibiting themselves in briefs, hoping to be touched, talked to, embraced -- the sea, eye of the earth, observing them and sending little messages to return and be at rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE NIGHTINGALE by JOHN MILTON STELLA'S BIRTHDAY, 1718 by JONATHAN SWIFT TRAILING ARBUTUS by HENRY ABBEY TO A THESAURUS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE EUMENIDES: THE FURIES' PRAYER by AESCHYLUS INVITATION by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 10. LONELY by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) TO CLARE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN GLIMPSES OF ITALY: 5. LIKE PAESTUM'S TEMPLE by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |