Ocean Memory Poems

We were vacationing in the state of
palm trees and seashore in September's
mild loveliness.
Me, a sexagenarian widow,
hobbled by arthritis in my knees.
As my family enjoyed the...

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Everyone has someone they can't forget.  As children she left a part of herself, or something I made from a memory of her, inside...

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The indelible image etched 
on memory membrane
time couldn’t tow 
to the obscurity ocean
in its shimmering shore 
on the satin sands 
I engraved entranced
the lattice of...

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(Inspired by 'Indigo Night' by Thomas W Case)

A thousand thousand stars pierce the indigo night,
but no moon mars the canvas, or lightens velvet strokes.

Half-hearted waves...

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I was only four, 
when Blackie my dog died. 
My dad ran my best friend over, 
yes it was a horrible accident. 

 
I was...

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God's Thumb ocean views
Amazing food truck cuisine 
Lincoln City fun...

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In dreams of yonder, wishes wistfully conceive,
A cradle of lost tomorrows, where shadows sway;
To a realm unseen, where hearts believe,
Past where twilight’s lulling lullabies lay,
A...

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There’s a pair
Of jeans
That he can’t
Bring himself
To wash
Because the jeans
Still smell
Like Sri Lanka,
The sand
And the ocean,
The blood
And the sweat
And the tears,
The beauty
Of it all....

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I turn back and the light’s glow is neither day or night,  
And the lilting summer waves gently caress the shore.   
Worn...

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I have heard a hurt person say, 
if you knew what they did to me you would never forgive them. 
Hurt can run very deep...

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We wear a smile to hide,
the tears we wear inside.
Our laughter we have applied,
feeling it will be our guide.
Life is but a wild ride,
filled with...

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Memory imprinted in sand -footprints stolen by the ocean...

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When I consoled you.. 
I was deeply broken. 
I didn't let you know.. 
How I felt always unspoken!! 
When words are concealed 
from a long...

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Ode To the Periwinkle

In thinking about it today, it was some time ago, 
But I can still feel the cool bath house concrete, 
As my...

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