Terns Poems

Deception

...At sunset, orange frescos on the west wall
Sink gradually into the bowels of hills flung
By distant wavelengths of a backward illusion,
Which yells silently at concupiscent terns,
Yodelling and r...

I Drank from an Hourglass

...It has long ceased to rain here.
The embers of drought are fanned by the merciless
Hands of hell.
The air is stifling,
The heat insufferable.
I cringe from a long wait on a queue in the narrow
...

The Gravity of Whom and When

...
I learned to smile with grit in my teeth,
as I watched the waves, come in, and go out. 
They made a hollow in the sand,
left behind when the tide rushed out. 
For whom is this hole?

I dip in...

Sailing on the Bay, a Living Poem

...
On the bay the wind is scurrying
along its flock of waves,
with white crests honey combed, 
to flip over their edges,
on blue foreheads.

The bow of the yacht slices 
through the waves drive...

Where the Ocean Meets the Mountain

...You, Mariana—deepest trench of my knowing  
   I call you by name not to possess it
but because it is the only prayer  
   I have ever known how to say  

You are the sea—each wave not an argume...

thank you O sea

...Thank you O sea,
For the untiring music of your waves,
For the rolling of your rollers,
Thank you O sea
for your music so refined,
This music softens the soul,
His sight soothes the poet
Conso...

epson salt

...Is it Epson Salt?
All those nice villas along the coast are empty save for stray cats
and those too poor to live inland because the sea stinks like
bouillabaisse gone off. Marine life and sea plan...

Paradise Island Dream

...The kids are gone, I'm retired, I'm takin' a long vacation,
To Paradise Island with sunny beaches, that's my destination!
I'll spend the days savorin' a climate of seventy-two degrees,
Snoozin' 'n...

Llareggub

...I live in Arrubluc by the sea
much like the fabled Llareggub
made famous by Dylan Thomas
in the radio play 'Under Milk Wood'.
The land meets the sea here as well,
but it's a beachside town, besi...

Birdwatching

...Each morn at dawn, I take my perch
Awaiting apt brightness to start my search.

A flash of wings, catches my eye,
As tiny flocks of birds flutter on by.

It's a busy time as hungry birds feed,
...

8400 Miles Nonstop

...
The bar-tailed godwit
caught birddom by surprise
When word got out
just how far this bird flies

A juvenile Limosa lapponica,
satellite tag 2-3-4-6-8-4
flew nonstop from Alaska
to the Tasma...

The Poems I Never Wrote

...Between the lily pads and soft sandbars
Lay the saturated words of idle time
Among bloated carp and feisty sunfish
They linger in a sunny dampened rhyme.

Fleet Dragonflies of thought dodge dart...

I Wander These Winter Beaches

...i wander these winter beaches 
where autumn's storms
have removed the footfalls of summer
believing in spring

here i am alone listening
to the waves mellifluously remind
yet never recalling
...

Observing the Tide

...I am captivated by the ever-rushing tide
Small, distant tsunamis raping the beach,
Granting the tiny sand crabs a free ride
From way beyond the frothing surf’s reach
Causing the terns...

Winter Scene

...rainbows prohibited 
Colors x ray screened let in ---
Halloween splendor

snow terns oxen bear 
perplexed frightened new-born fawns ~
hungry angry yaks

fish in frozen lakes
frogs imprisoned...

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