Jagged Coast [Haiku]

rocky fingers
stretch into the sea:
waves crash & spray.

Churning Seas [Haiku]

beach detritus
dragged ashore
by churning seas.

DAILY PHOTO: Tulum Beach

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Scurry [Haiku]

shore birds scurry,
evading rolling surf,
like playful kids.

“On this wondrous sea” (4) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]

On this wondrous sea
Sailing silently,
Ho! Pilot, ho!
Knowest thou the shore
Where no breakers roar --
Where the storm is o'er?

In the peaceful west
Many the sails at rest --
The anchors fast --
Thither I pilot thee --
Land Ho! Eternity!
Ashore at last!

“I shall go back again to the bleak shore” by Edna St. Vincent Millay [w/ Audio]

I shall go back again to the bleak shore
And build a little shanty on the sand,
In such a way that the extremest band
Of brittle seaweed will escape my door
But by a yard or two; and nevermore
Shall I return to take you by the hand;
I shall be gone to what I understand,
And happier than I ever was before.
The love that stood a moment in your eyes,
The words that lay a moment on your tongue,
Are one with all that in a moment dies,
A little under-said and over-sung.
But I shall find the sullen rocks and skies
Unchanged from what they were when I was young.

DAILY PHOTO: View from a Cliff, Yehliu

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What I Know about Beaches [Free Verse]

On a sandy beach,
I think of each grain
of sand as being
the same.

But on a pebble beach,
Each stone has its own
color, texture, size,
and shape.

It's made me second guess
What I know about beaches.

Buffeted [Haiku]

wind buffeted:
the coast is vibrant green
but wintery cold.

DAILY PHOTO: Baku Shoreline