Our Sea Glass

What is sea glass?

Sea Glass is glass found on beaches along oceans that has been tumbled and smoothed by the water and sand, creating small pieces of smooth, frosted glass. We find our sea glass while walking the beaches of Buzzard's Bay in Massachusetts. There are a lot of boats and a rocky shore which makes a good recipe for sea glass. Our family has been collecting sea glass for over fourteen years and we have literally tens of thousands of specimens. This site is a photographic catalog of our sea glass collection, our weathered jewels. Kick back and peek around at the photos of sea glass.

A Sonnet for Sea Glass

Here's a sonnet I wrote about sea glass. Yo can read this and other creations on my new site: A Sonnet a Day.

Weathered Jewel

Refreshment complete, a casual toss
from the vessel, the vessel's been removed
to be lost in the sea, but not a loss,
current's fickle gesticulations have proved.

A sure journey through sea and rock and sand
fracturing original purpose, yet
carving new treasures to be plucked on land
a pearl or jewel for an abstract set.

Fodder for shoreline's flotsam and jetsam
to be scattered in the chaste, coastal breast
collected, coveted, set and then some
transformed, transcendent, naturalized, best.

The vessels may have come from near or far
to be polished gems in my sea glass jar.