Speak

In “Ocean,” Robinson Jeffers delivers an almost oracular, scriptural description of the sea not just as a geographical phenomenon, but a sort of being – old, wise, profound, and able to teach those who want to learn. Today, try writing a poem in which you describe something that cannot speak, and what it has taught or told you.

Hammering upon the shape of seaside
Thick, icy droplets of December rain
Splashes of sand and salt water
Rushing back to car, somewhere to hide

The beach rain, in its mad determination
Unlike river's path, long and winding
Got stright to the point, right to the source
Wasting no time on meandering postulation