Poetry: The Ocean Overcast

Waves curl and crest, curl and crest,
Frothing white and spumy green,
Dancing turbulent beneath a brooding sky,
Whispering, roaring, whispering, roaring:
The cadence of the ocean, the cadence of the world.


“The Ocean Overcast” copyright 2018 by A.L.S. Vossler

Photo of wave copyright 2018 by A.L.S. Vossler.


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