The shadows of the ships <br />Rock on the crest <br />In the low blue lustre <br />Of the tardy and the soft inrolling tide. <br /> <br />A long brown bar at the dip of the sky <br />Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt. <br /> <br />The lucid and endless wrinkles <br />Draw in, lapse and withdraw. <br />Wavelets crumble and white spent bubbles <br />Wash on the floor of the beach. <br /> <br /> Rocking on the crest <br /> In the low blue lustre <br /> Are the shadows of the ships.<br /><br />Carl Sandburg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sketch/
