
Transcriber's Note
SEA GARDEN - BY - H. D.
SEA GARDEN - SEA ROSE
THE HELMSMAN
THE SHRINE - ("she watches over the sea") - I
MID-DAY
PURSUIT
THE CONTEST - I
SEA LILY
THE WIND SLEEPERS
A vivid tapestry of sea‑bound images and restless wanderings, this collection invites listeners into a world where wind‑torn roses, stubborn cliffs, and the sigh of tide become the language of longing. The poet’s imagist eye captures moments of fragile beauty—a lone rose clinging to sand, a helmsman’s desperate chant, the eerie hush of a shoreline that both beckons and betrays. Each piece unfolds with a rhythmic pulse that mirrors the ebb and flow of the ocean, drawing you into a landscape where nature and memory intertwine.
Through a series of striking, lyrical sketches, the work explores humanity’s uneasy relationship with the wild—our attempts to tame the coast, the quiet reverence for rugged horizons, and the haunting sense of being adrift. Listeners will feel the brine on their skin, hear the creak of ancient timbers, and sense the lingering echo of a distant tide, all while the poems linger just beyond the horizon, promising more to discover.
Language
en
Duration
~31 minutes (29K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Meredith Bach and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2009-05-02
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1886–1961
A central voice of literary modernism, this American poet helped shape Imagism with spare, luminous verse that still feels fresh. She also wrote novels and memoirs that opened into mythology, memory, and inner life.
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