Photography by Linzi Cason
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An ocean at their unprepared feet
Milky foam like galaxies tossed
Across a latte misnomer
Intention that tires too soon
Dissipates on concrete steps
A million miniature water nymphs flee
Shear stress: pretty dance
She is lost in the detail, as usual,
He drifts out
Tries to spot the pattern in the chaos
Make sense of the waves:
Whales beyond
Great, dark, hulking mammals
Rush at the shore
Kamikaze trajectory
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The sea pushes:
Intuitive occupation
The land withstands:
Reasonable resistance
Lovers across a bed
Erosion
Buildings to jetsam
Pollution
Seas to poison
3
Bridges
Boats
Piers
Canals
Rivers
Lakes
Streams
Puddles
Fountain
6 comments:
Vicky,
Excellent poetry as always. Could you also thank Linzi for the stunning photograph that accompanied this poem?
Ash
Thanks Ash! You can click my name and it will take you to more of my photos :)
Linzi,
I could have lost an entire day studying those images. Glorious photography.
I'll be directing my students to your pages when they're in need of inspiration.
Ash
fantastic poetry as always Vicky, and beautiful photography too, I'll be looking for some inspiration there too Linzi :)
Yesterday morning I couldn't really take this in, think I was too lethargic. Today makes all the difference. Fantastic stuff. I love the swirling galaxy imagery in the opening stanza. Where you find the time to write all this quality stuff I've no idea.
I stopped sleeping in 1996 :)
I'm yet to decide whether I recommend it.
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