Poetic Bloomings: Siren Sea

You arrive at the beach early and realize you are the only person there. The beach seems deserted. Write a poem of a deserted beach. Maybe write a reason why the beach would be deserted. Or give us a view of how you take advantage of the open sands.

The Minute Poem is rhyming verse form consisting of 12 lines of 60 syllables written in strict iambic meter. The poem is formatted into 3 stanzas of 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4 syllables. The rhyme scheme is as follows: aabb, ccdd, eeff

             Siren Sea

All alone on this stretch of beach

no one to breach
my solitude
None to obtrude

The waves ebb and flow, to and fro

my heart rate slows
the world abates
at Neptune’s gates

She beckons, but I am earthbound

Tied to the ground
Longing to be
Free as the sea