At first I didn't like it. It took me a few reads to appreciate it. After reading it a few times, I'd like to mention a few things about why I disagree with Ross about the language the poet uses.
"largely devoid of ships" On first read this one glared at me as well. I didn't like the sound of it. The "ships" and then a break after it was very jarring. I didn't know why it had been selected. After I read it in its entirety, I found out that whoever the narrator might miss is/was a romantic relationship. Why the narrator is there, we don't know exactly. Perhaps it was a tense situation at home.
"is and isn’t what I want (make up your mind)" I think it was the DG who said it best.
"seagulls, dogs, and joggers" Pedestrian, perhaps, but the mostly short vowels, G, and S sounds work together for the tone of the poem.
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