Caren Krutsinger Poet Haibun

Beaches Littered By People

It was a delicate time
Different than back in the 60’s,
A curiously odd trip to a town I had
remembered as clean and happy
Ocean waves the same
Too commercialized now
Bar signs everywhere
Scantily clad women in our faces
A town promoting liquor and debauchery
Maybe I had not noticed before
Because I was a child
Beaches littered by people yelling loudly
Seemed quieter before
I did not remember so much meanness
or loud brags
People leaving their wrappers
Not looking as they left
Not seeming to care
Tin people on beaches

-a different beach now
littered up and commercial
sad feelings arise-

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Bette Bavington April 22, 2019 at 7:22 PM Good imagery. When I was a child we lived not far from the ocean. It was clean and a serene place to get in touch with nature. When I went back. It wasn't the same with the new liquor places lining the beach and the motels. Caren Krutsinger April 23, 2019 at 3:43 AM It is so sad, Bette, so very sad.

M. L. Kiser April 22, 2019 at 4:30 PM Some of my best childhood memories were at the beach; they aren't quite the samenow, sad. Caren Krutsinger April 23, 2019 at 3:44 AM It is rather awful.

Gershon Wolf April 22, 2019 at 12:32 PM No, no, you're right. Beaches weren't like this in the late 50's and early 60's. At least in the Midwest they weren't. There were quiet, relaxing places, punctuated by the laughter of children... A pleasant memory you've summoned up! ~ gw Caren Krutsinger April 23, 2019 at 3:44 AM I loved it back then, now, not so much.

Tom Cunningham April 22, 2019 at 6:10 AM I'm not a great lover of crowds', give me a deserted beach anytime. Tom Caren Krutsinger April 22, 2019 at 8:19 AM I was shocked to find one of my favorite quiet beaches overrun with people after a few short decades, Tom.