Beach Ode Poems

A singular speck
So rarely noticed
More often removed rather than studied
But here you are, you made it
In view!
All we crave and despise 
'to be looked at'
I...

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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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The writer in me says I must be,                 ...

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Amidst the halcyon hues of eventide,
Lake Chilika's vista unfolds in pride,
Where myriad migratory birds alight,
And sailors set sail under fading light.

The water, a cerulean expanse,
Reflects...

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I  cannot recall my very first place 
as a baby I did not know my home; 
a new baby's room dressed with pretty lace...

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It is a beautiful spring morning,                   ...

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As early dawn, slow breaking o’er the beach,
Paints the pale blue background of the sky
In watercolor streaks of rose and peach,
A feast God spreads for...

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“Light Winged”




fluid I freely flow
nacreous and immersed
beyond naology  

I am far removed
from the numbers
and rites

of your 
hard-edged, 
strange world 

the seconds 
stretch deeper and...

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sanctity of a cove
  breaking water
baby mine
  rocked, rolled
cajoled
           opine
of sweetness and beauty
...

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Today I started off eating breakfast,                   ...

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Had I those depths that elsewhere thrive,
Swiftly I’d into your blissful fathoms dive;
And bid old pangs on the loveless shore
Eternal bye as I toe and...

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From lofty heights the seagull spies 
The weighted hands of eager guests 
He circles high and swoops down low 
stealing our supper as he goes...

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The breeze
Smells of sunscreen
And salt

The salt 
Gives the air
An interesting flavor
That almost tastes like 
French fries

The blue
And sandy tones
Make an all too familiar
Canvas
Of a natural...

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I want to enter you like a poem in flames,
And bleed inside like a beheaded rebel.
I want to join a revolution of forgotten kisses,
Slowly awakening...

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The Snow Bird
                      ...

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