«Poets change the world» www.cousteaudivers.org
For Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s 101st anniversary on June 11th 2011, Cousteau Divers organized an online poetry contest attended by thousands of ocean lovers. Join us at www.cousteaudivers.org. The journey continues! Convince to Conquer Convince to Conquer My profound gratitude goes to all of those who have helped me, by their trust, by their work or by their generosity, to unearth Excalibor, the invincible and luminous sword of King Arthur, who won his wars by loosing all of his battles.
Excalibor, you are now mine, all made of crystallized water, pure as the Antarctic ice, incorruptible as the diamond, fragile as glass but invincible like the perfume of flowers, who overthrew the dinosaurs.
Before all of my friends, here and throughout the world, I solemnly take oath, as did Lancelot, to fight, with you Excalibor, symbolic weapon of the poets who alone can change the world, and to serve under Viviane, Lady of Water, and of Galaad, the pure conqueror of the Grail.
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Ocean Poetry Contest Winner Gazing in the sea Our passion, muse and mother This winning poem will be engraved on a memorial plaque and Sense of timeless home taken to the seabed of the Mediterranean Sea by Pierre-Yves Cousteau, Jacques’ youngest son, to celebrate the 101st anni- versary and the launch of Cousteau Divers. -Stephen James Matadobra 2 3 www.cousteaudivers.org
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The ocean currents He lived to adore feels like flowing through my veins His beloved Mare Nostrum Its part of my heart The deepest blue sea
-Gilli Nicola Graham -Jemfyr Tree
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Ocean Haiku Contest Entries
For Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s birthday, the following poems were entered into the poetry contest. The poems are listed in alphabetical order (first name). Enjoy!
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I live my nice days your tide is our pulse, when the sound of the ocean Wihtout you, we’ll all surely die falls into my soul Heal our oceans health NOW!!
-Alberto Gallucci -Alison Banks
in this world, Your transparent swells salvation is respect, beckon me to your wonder nature will reward us. Bliss is your caress
-Alessandro Brunello -Alyson Walsh-Fernandez
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Expressive currents Our squalls raise waters Lure me, in bearing life and As trawling spellbound plenty Clearm bottomless love with half took up burns
-Amy Lennon -Andy Adkins
slowly driven ‘way Into the deep underneath the waving sea Regulator offered gladly diving world is ME! To a fish for air
-Andreas Mekel -Arthur Kerns
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Opening my eyes When I am down, Show me your many wonders or when life is full of joy, I will protect you I rather go dive.
-Barbara Dixon Helmly -Bength Ohlen
Swaying rhythm, light, Hail Albert Falco Captured, raptured, seeing blue the call of the deep blue sea Moving to the sound Rise now Calypso
-Barb Janisch -Bill Trusewich
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Humpback cries for him Life was born, within me. The dolphins still swim with him Child of mine, learn and enjoy me. Still they shed their tears For those coming, protect me.
-Bonnie Beeson Layfield -Bruno Lacombe
Mostly water we These lives under sea Searching for our deepest sea Rise and fall on the same waves Yielding as waves be We do, and go on.
-Bruno Cappello -Caitlin Bowler
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All The Oceans Blue... Undulating waves Seas To See The Salty Smile... Swallowing me to the depths Of Cap Jacques Cousteau... And freeing my soul
-Capt Larry Lawhorn -Catherine Balbas
Aboard Calypso I don’t understand A four-year-old in Heaven you, my lapis ocean love, I still have the shells but oh, how you live!
-Carla St. Laurent -Catherine Pham
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Bright rays of sunlight I remember Jacques, Illuminates the coral, approaching the mother seal, while fish blow bubbles. my breath stopped halfway.
-Carol Toogood -Chris Jordan
Down to sea I go deep inside of it To seek peace and joy I know peace and love shine in the dark Blue heaven that glow deep inside of me
-Cathrine S Prajitno -Christian La Placa
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I’m glad to see you Dreams made of bubbles, Ocean, embrace my great dreams Blue Dreams embracing dolphins We can make it both Endlessly in love
-Cristina Ozores -Daniela Balint
Blue Green Ocean Dream White Blue Green... Sustain The Veins Of Our Earth the sea cry’s... Fill Our Hearts With Love Ocean floor is BLACK.
-Dan Allison Reid -Darrell Paczas
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I would like to go the silent world beckons’ On Jacques great boat, Calypso it,s salty kiss awaits us And love the sea too treasures and mysteries
-Darren Parrett -David Lewis
you opened my eyes it is my first love with all the gifts you gave me dark seas home away from home and taught me to sea my life forever
-Dave Rothwell -Deb Leach-Cummings
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Our living oceans, Swim through endless blue Intriguingly beautiful Go to sleep with salty lips Dive in and explore Live in ectasy.
-Debbie Coats -Denise Hemphill
Surface calm masking Once a week I watched a majestic world below In each other now we swim of beauty and grace Once a dream now real
-Denice Grace -Dexter Newman
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The peaceful serene Each wave hails a call beauty of the ocean-shifts To join you, Mother Ocean me into mermaid ~ Purification
-Diana Burgos Perez -Ed Kobrinski
Coeur de fleurs sur pierre To survive, we must à st andré de cubzac protect the world: that which we nuages gris... Soleil! previously fought
-Diane E. Cousteau -Eileen Rush
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Deep within the sea Seize the sea, father Blooms the peace of one man’s dreams The mermaids need our power Visions of hope freed. To reverse the tide
-Elaine Leonard Balliet -Enric Sala
No return, non stop Foamy spirit leap Dive deep to see My Brothers Seeing your soul, so blue AT-ONE-MENT ahhh...PEACE! Move me like music.
-Elisabeth Girard -Eve Dyott
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Oh, if I could dive, submerged, frolicking Graceful wonders I would see the water holds me just right Swimming with beauty. here I can be free
-Gail Kean -Hannah Audreyelle Cardenas
Brave new explorer, Healing the oceans below the seas and oceans; for future generations; inspiring us still. We praise your passion!
-Graeme Andrew Barber -Hector Salvador
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Dreams of blue waters Beauty in the Deep Brings life to all within them Feeling at One with the Sea Life returns the dream Life Transforms Your Spirit
-Holly Sykes Elliott -Jean Otto
dive into the sea Ensembles à jamais feel the universe of life My deep blue love my mistress deep in every vein Eternal lovers
-Internationales Maritimes Mu- -Jean-Louis Courteau seum Hamburg
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From You all things come From the deepest blue Mother Ocean, life itself Shadowy shape emerges to You, all return Behemoth whale shark
-Jen Hammer Cardenas -John Kim
No longer holding The silent sea calls, breath flows as bubbles gift me New worlds within our Mother, the beauty of blue Shared Father Cousteau
-Jennifer Aicher -John Taylor
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Fish are friends not food Listen Ocean Waves Stop killing the sharks and rays Beautiful Marine Creatures Eat things that go «moo!» Thank God For Nature
-Jonathan Bird -Karen Chee
he showed us the sea ~ and how ancient,raw, awsome it relates to me ~ connected our life maker giver please stay always forever here
-June O’Reilly -Kate Matadobra
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~smell the sweet ocean explored the seas ~let us drift upon her swells opened our minds to the deep ~love her blue beauty.... north pole to the south
-Katherine Reed -Kely Dunn
The ocean is Life Sunlight filters from above, Powerful yet endangered Rainbow colored fish, Ravenous for love play among coral.
-Kelly Mc Ginn -Kevin Neumann
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Blue erternity Forgive us dear sea Sun kissed water; pierces deep You are the cradle of life Our love will shine on Our true giving tree
-Kimberly Miller -Land Wilson
All The Oceans Blue... I looked at the Sky Seas To See The Salty Smile... My feet are touching the Ground Of Cap Jacques Cousteau… My path is the Sea -Larry Lawhorn -Konstantinos Alexiou
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You make my heart pound… We came from the sea You will take my breath away… And tried to live on the ground Blue, Crystal, Waters. Oceans left behind
-Leah Ryan -Lillaume Laurent
I went to the sea These lives under sea She gave up nothing from the deep Rise and fall on the same waves Save a mirror to my own keep. We do, and go on.
-Li Gardner -Lindsay Coleman
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Oceans are alive Under the Ocean~ Blue waters hold life secrets Under the Blue~He made it his life Secrets yield wisdom Mr. Jacque Cousteau..~~
-Lisa Edwards -Lynne Salzer
Jacque Cousteau taught me dive into the sea How beautiful, fierce, and cruel feel the universe of life Our Oceans can be. deep in every vein
-Lorrie Noel Martin -M.M. Hamburg RT
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el mar le dará al mundo nuevas es- I long for my home. peranzas, como el dormir a los Calling for me night and day. sueños!!!! Our Ocean, my home.
-Marta Masdeu -Matthew J. West
We BLESS the Ocean To the man who lived/In waves of With future wisdom of man shimmering blue/And strengthened To know the truth now. the sea...
-Marilyn Potter -Michelle (@cataclysmicha twitter)
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Carry me away Ancient sea of life Through the ocean deep and blue liquid prism of spirit To comfort my pain eternal beauty
-Michelle Sessions Francis -Miriam Dunn
A life begins To drift in blue light; Evolution Thrives To brush past colorful reefs, Constantly evolving Forever oceans
- Michael Wetherall -Mitch Minshull
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Breathe under water, listen with your hearts, Admire the marine life, to echoes of blue ages, And stay for a while… sages of the deep.
-Myriam Saïah -Nancy Pearson
Oh see the Sea wave, Drop of our Oceans to all who visit, welcome Supports all of lives and souls home with its Glory. Love Water Planet
-Nancy Dudley Rotolo -Naoko Funakoshi
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gone but still with us The beauty we see our memory forever When we look at the ocean your tears are the sea Must be protected
-Nevil Shute -Paul Cater Deaton
Water is spirit - He loved the ocean; as water is oceans’ soul was of the ocean; his love Inspire me, ocean! made lovers of us
-Pascal Kolb -Paul Evans
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The ocean’s blue hues Tip toe-ing through the periwinkles Carry me on forever so thankful they’re back May they carry you Splishing cool water..
-Peace of the Ocean -Roseanna Ovington
riding the sea horse: Oceans are my church in the privacy of the abyss, Water my own religion a breathtaking silence Earth’s divinity
-Raluca Bontas -Samatha Whitcraft
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Beauty, rage and peace Here lies human hope shining like an emerald By dark tides driven we deep blue, worlds of water Return to the sea
-Siegfried Daly -Stacy Ericson
World of green and blue, Alone, alone, all alone... Far, a majestic whale sings On a great wide sea!...... For its lost sweet home an albatross around my neck
-Sophie Delorme -Steve Curran
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Dancing waves of light Plonger dans le bleu The sun has met her partner Des océans infinis Ocean sunset love Planer et rêver
-Sue Harris Tryon -Sylvain Belloir
Soothing me softly We see thru his eyes embracing my tired soul As Alcyone lysts at sea Welcoming me home Life beyond our eyes
-Sundance Divers -Verona Prescott DeLorenzo
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nineteen forty three submerged in the ancient seas our journey began
-Vivienne Grant
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2011 Ocean Haikou Poets Darren Parrett Alberto Gallucci Dave Rothwell Alessandro Brunello David Lewis Alison Banks Debbie Coats Alyson Walsh-Fernandez Denice Grace Amy Lennon Denise Hemphill Andreas Mekel Dexter Newman Andy Adkins Diana Burgos Perez Arthur Kerns Diane E. Cousteau Barb Janisch Ed Kobrinski Barbara Dixon Helmly Eileen Rush Bength Ohlen Elaine Leonard Balliet Bill Trusewich Elisabeth Girard Bonnie Beeson Layfield Enric Sala Bruno Cappello Eve Dyott Bruno Lacombe Gail Kean Caitlin Bowler Gilli Nicola Graham Capt Larry Lawhorn Graeme Andrew Barber Carla St. Laurent Hannah Audreyelle Cardenas Carol Toogood Hector Salvador Catherine Balbas Holly Sykes Elliott Catherine Pham Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg Cathrine S Prajitno Jean Otto Chris Jordan Jean-Louis Courteau Chris Ryan Jemfyr Tree Christian La Placa Jen Hammer Cardenas Cristina Ozores Jennifer Aicher Dan Allison Reid John Kim Daniela Balint John Taylor Darrell Paczas Jonathan Bird 42 43 www.cousteaudivers.org
June O’Reilly Myriam Saïah Karen Chee Nancy Dudley Rotolo Karissa Lewes Nancy Pearson Kate Matadobra Naoko Funakoshi Katherine Reed Nevil Shute Kelly Mc Ginn Pascal Kolb Kely Dunn Paul Cater Deaton Kevin Neumann Paul Evans Kimberly Miller Peace of the Ocean Konstantinos Alexiou Raluca Bontas Kp Beesley Roseanna Ovington Land Wilson Samatha Whitcraft Larry Lawhorn Scott Clarke Leah Ryan Siegfried Daly Li Gardner Sophie Delorme Lillaume Laurent Stacy Ericson Lindsay Coleman Stephen James Matadobra Lisa Edwards Steve Curran Lorna Brown Sue Harris Tryon Lorrie Noel Martin Sundance Divers Lynne Salzer Sylvain Belloir M.M. Hamburg RT Verona Prescott DeLorenzo Marilyn Poætter Vivienne Grant Marta Masdeu Matthew J. West Michael Wetherall Thanks! for sharing. Michelle (@ cataclysmicha twitter) The journey continues! Michelle Sessions Francis Miriam Dunn Dive into our photo library Mitch Minshull www.cousteaudivers.org/multimedia 43