Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SEA FLIGHT, by HELEN WALLER


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SEA FLIGHT, by                    
First Line: The sea has heard your challenge. Here the wide
Last Line: To conquer her unchallenged mystery.
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean


The sea has heard your challenge. Here the wide
Blue wings of shadows measure every reach
Of space and time above her thundering tide
With storms that trail their havoc up the beach.
As questing sea bird lifts, above the stream,
A quivering breast to naked blades of spray,
Your craft, unsheathed to darkness and a dream,
Soars with the dawn into the living day.
Now, from your place so near the mounting sun,
Sea water is an emerald in the sand,
And all the earth a shining heap to one
Who holds them in the hollow of a hand.
Yet, you will seek again this untried sea
To conquer her unchallenged mystery.





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