When over the flowery, sharp pasture's
edge, unseen, the salt ocean
lifts its form-chicory and daisies
tied, released, seem hardly flowers alone
but color and the movement-or the shape
perhaps-of restlessness, whereas
the sea is circled and sways
peacefully upon its plantlike stem
Flowers By The Sea
William Carlos Williams
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Poem topics: alone, ocean, sea, edge, sharp, movement, shape, color, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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