By Daniel Moreschi
Although the sea is pulled by lunar reins,
Its servile ebbs conceal its subtle strides
Towards a plot, once nature’s patience wanes,
To test its tether with unruly tides.
Where frozen hills are stoked by metal fumes,
It brings a rhythmic ruse of rippled grace,
As thriving swirls are topped by sprightly spumes
That lead a charge, when growing flows retrace.
And while humanity ignores the signs
Of battered banks, as billows belch and roar,
A steep caress erodes the coastal lines
And razes borders, like a siege of war.
Uprisings of tsunamis stir the straits
And muster fateful sways of ancient scales
Till wayward spans cascade at mankind’s gates.
A ceaseless song of simmered spite prevails.
When swept-up crowds are pleading for an ark
And lands are swallowed by the famished surge,
The moonlit sanctuaries turn to dark
To undulate the chains of Gaia’s purge.
‘The Simmered Sea’ was awarded 1st place in the Autumn 2022 poetry competition hosted by Anansi Archive, and has previously featured on their website.
Daniel Moreschi is a poet from Neath, South Wales, UK. After life was turned upside down by his ongoing battle with severe M.E., he rediscovered his passion for poetry that had been dormant since his teenage years. Writing has served as a distraction from his struggles ever since. Daniel has been acclaimed by many poetry competitions, including the annual ones hosted by The Oliver Goldsmith Literature Festival, Wine Country Writers Festival, Short Stories Unlimited, Michigan Poetry Society, Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, and Inchicore Ledwidge Society. Daniel has also had poetry published by The Society of Classical Poets.
