Earth’s Four

Oceans

Sally Coyne

Pacific

Pacific Pacific

Pacific means peaceful,

Earth’s biggest sea;

This deepest of oceans

Is as blue as can be.

Pacific

Atlantic

Atlantic means strong,

Its waters so vast;

Across its waves

Has sailed our past.

Pacific

Indian

Indian is only

In the southern hemisphere;

It alone doesn’t touch

This continent we hold dear.

Pacific

Arctic Arctic

Arctic is the smallest

And the coldest of the four;

Its icy polar waters

Frost our northern door.

Warm, cold or frozen

They’re beautiful to behold.

Earth’s four oceans—

And now the story’s told.

Earth’s Four

Oceans

by Sally Coyne

A memory poem

Pacific

Atlantic

IndianArctic

Earth’s Four Oceans

Earth’s Four OceansPacific means peaceful, earth’s biggest sea;This deepest of oceans is as blue as can be.

Atlantic means strong, its waters so vast;Across its waves has sailed our past.

Indian is only in the southern hemisphere;It alone doesn’t touch this continent we hold dear.

Arctic is the smallest and the coldest of the four;Its icy polar waters frost our northern door.

Warm, cold, or frozen, they’re beautiful to behold;Earth’s four oceans—and now the story’s told. Sally Coyne