“Sea Horse” by Edward Weismiller

February 29, 2024

“Sea Horse” by Edward Weismiller

It was difficult to find a text version of this poem online. I hope most of you will be able to enter this site to read the poem. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.12987/9780300127669-024/html

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7 responses to ““Sea Horse” by Edward Weismiller”

Anonymous

February 29, 2024 at 11:43 am

This poem pushed up old feelings of guilt. I once kept Zebra Finches in a small bamboo cage. At the time I was unaware I was being cruel.

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1. Sher Schwartz
  
  February 29, 2024 at 11:47 am
  
  Having shared my life with animals, all sorts of animals for 55 years or so— this poem also makes me remember the oh so many “unintended consequences” related to animals. It’s a huge theme in my work and how I now think about the world.
  
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dalechamp

February 29, 2024 at 3:56 pm

So heartbreaking! This poem made me cry and buy Weismiller’s book.

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1. Sher Schwartz
  
  February 29, 2024 at 5:05 pm
  
  That’s wonderful Dale– I hope you enjoy it.
  
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annedfarley

March 1, 2024 at 3:29 pm

So beautifully sad and true.

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Anonymous

March 7, 2024 at 5:57 pm

beautifully and simply stated with a gravity that can only come from a tangle of seaweed grasped by a tiny ghost.

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1. Sher Schwartz
  
  March 7, 2024 at 7:25 pm
  
  Such a beautiful reply… the image of seaweed remains in my mind forever. I went to a doctor’s office today and they had an enormous aquarium in the lobby. I thought of the sea horse.
  
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“I’m a retired Humanities professor, published essayist, poet, painter, singer, and old-time fiddle musician living on an historic two-hundred-acre farm in Eastern Oregon. I plant gardens for pollinators and revel in insects, bird dogs, donkeys, goats, cats, and American fantail and roller pigeons. My lyric landscapes are oak savannah, prairie, and riparian. Writing poetry gives me a way to express and question the rhythms I hear. My chapbook The Beautiful One’s Ark (2024) is available through The Poetry Box and online bookstores. Sher Poetry celebrates poetry as an oral language art. Each week I’ll share a poem from some of my work or from that of other poets who I love to hear.