Ms. Dulcie Levene, Laureate Woman of Letters, lives in England. She has written poetry for the Queen of England and has a letter of commendation and recognition for her international poetry achievements during 2007.
ODE TO A SHELL
By Dulcie Levene, LWL, England
I walked along the golden sand
And saw it shining on the beach,
A jewel of the sea…a shell
It’s ocean home far out of reach….
I held it in my hand and saw
A masterpiece of God’s design
‘more beautiful than any gem
A treasure of the sea was mine.
And then I thought that long ago
A tiny creature lived inside
Safe from the perils of the sea
A place where it could safely hide,
I ran down to the waters edge
And swam as far as I could go
Ant threw the little shell and hoped
it reached the ocean bed below.
And safe from hurricanes and storms
This little house with spiraled dome,
Would welcome in a tiny friend
Who gratefully will call it “Home.”
This poem won a prize in the 2007, 20th World Congress of Poets in Montgomery, Alabama. It also won an award at the Famous Poets Society in world-wide competition in Reno, NV, 2007.
