Listen as the night
Falls to the ocean
And drapes twilight
With stars and a moon;
The tumbling waves
Become tamed tides,
The souls of the dead
Begin to walk across
The moonlit waters
Wandering ever in vain
Till they return home.
Night of the Ocean
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2 responses to “Night of the Ocean”
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Thank you. I incorporated the ancient Greeks’ belief that when people die away from their place of living, especially another land, the souls of the dead travel back to their homes. And since I am always fascinated by the ghost ships, ghosts of the sea, revenants, and the supernatural, the poem sprang from my mind’s eyes.
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Flame, Glass and Ink are Poems, essays, and reading notes by Stefania Joori Suh 
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