On That Blessed Shore

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(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 SNAPS
EGRETS STALK
AND OSPREYS PLUNGE
DUCKS RELAX 
BOB IN THE SUN
RUFFLES IN DIP 
EAT AT FOUR 
MOMENTS ADRIFT
SOULS RESTORE
TO AN AVOSET CRY
A NOTE IS SUNG
ON WET AIR
HER TALE IS HUNG
SEAS WEND ON BY
LURKING LOONS
ICE COOL INLET
CROWS ON DUNES
MEMORIES SPENT 
SILVER-STEMMED ALDER LEAVES
FLOAT THE RIVER
OF THAT END TO ALL DREAMS
SANDY GRIT
WASHED AWAY
OLD TO BE NEW 
AS THE OTTERS PLAY


Total Letters: 1024


Put Letters Into 32x32 Matrix
Subtext 1: AND JACOB WENT ON HIS WAY AND THE ANGELS OF GOD MET HIM
(Genesis 32:1, 32x1=32)
Subtext 2: HOW MUCH BETTER IS IT TO GET WISDOM THAN GOLD! AND TO GET UNDERSTANDING RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN SILVER!
(Proverbs 16:16, 16+16=32)





Put Letters Into 64x16 Matrix (64=32x2, 16=32/2)
Subtext 3: BLESSED IS HE WHOSE TRANSGRESSION IS FORGIVEN, WHOSE SIN IS COVERED.
(Psalm 32:1, 32x1=32)
Shape: Hebrew Word "Mashiach" [Messiah]











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