fuguepoems

(Written for my 32nd Birthday in Port Ludlow, WA) SANDS ALONG THE SEA SHIFT IN THE TIDES A WAVE JOTS A HURRIED NOTE THE BROODY CANVASBACKS DIVE WIND'S SALTY TANG UNMASKS A SCENT A SHARD OF THE PAST KNOWN, NEAR-SPENT OLD WAVES RETURN THEN GROW STILL NEW BABY ABALONE  MEET THE TIDE'S CHILL DAY'S END CYAN-DYED SKY SHADOW FLYING OF A SEAGULL WHO CRIES SOUNDS OF SLIM HOWLS RUNNIN' CLAWS AUBURN RIDGEBACK HAS SAND IN ITS PAWS CLAM SCARES DIGS AWAY FOUR BARNACLED ISLES SHIV'RING IN RAIN AN OLD CEDAR DRIFTS AS BABY TERNS HOP TIDEPOOLS OF FISHES HIDDEN TAILS BY THE DOCK TANS ON LEGS S'MORES TOO DONE WETSUIT DRIES IN THE SUN  SWEET PUGET CRAB STOCKPOT BOILS SAILING IN PROMENADE A REEL IS COILED DRIED SEAWEED AND KELP DAD SWATS AT A BUG RVS IN PARK A MOM-GIVEN HUG SUNSHINE SPARKLES  AN HORIZON OF FIRE ECHOES OF HEAVEN  SOUND OF THE CHOIR PASSING OF TIME DAYS BLUR TOGETHER DIVE ON TO  A FOREVER CASE IN ICE  A GROUP NAP  NETS IN THE BAY  A LOG IN A BONFIRE SNAP...