Among the children picking up shells,
she combed the sand for bits of sea glass.
Carefully rifling through colors
from Mosel green to yellow amber,
she considered each earnestly,
hoping to discover the perfect tint
in which to view the world.
Tag: sea
Seascape
An old woman who had never seen the sea
cherished a spotted shell.
At night, when the world was shadowed and quiet,
she would cradle it against her ear
and sway to the whispering surf.
Her mind floated, aloft
on warm waters
the color of topaz.
A Gray Sea
stars above
a still, gray sea
who combs her faded hair
and old lovers
from her thoughts
A season by the sea
desolate shores slip
sand beneath toes
as the fisherman’s wife
digs for clams
Boundaries
tattered sails leave me
shipwrecked
in a sea I once roamed
Seaworthy
A small tugboat felt itself
lesser than the great ships
that crossed the channel.
It never left the shore
although, like all others,
it was created seaworthy.
Buoys
sycophantic yes-men
bob their heads
in nervous
oceanic time
Artwork in Water
ribbons like ink
pink and deadly
jellyfish
Boat Rides
cars through
pools of rainwater
recall to mind, tides
against a dinghy
Irrefutable Evidence
sheer cliffs eroded
by a seemingly calm sea
stand testament
to its caprice
RED GLADIOLA 