Coastlines

COASTLINES

Wearing medallions on their shoulders,
The hero  waves of the Aegean 
Smooth rounded boulders. 
Brightness outside, and shadow deepness, 
Ruins of civilization with  columns, 
Calming wind and heat haze  - solemn
Olives clinging to steepness.

Naked waves without medallions,
The metallic hum of Atlantic breakers  
Cuts ranks of basalt prism battalions.
Wind’s  gusty spray, its hazy chill,
Its greyness  here and  around, 
Fills half-buried tumuli mounds  
In wet pine forest, on heather hill.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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