1643: Some Days the Sea | Richard Blanco

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"Some Days the Sea"
Richard Blanco

The sea is never the same twice. Today
the waves open their lions-mouths hungry
for the shore and I feel the earth helpless.
Some days their foamy edges are lace
at my feet, the sea a sheet of green silk.
Sometimes the shore brings souvenirs
from a storm, I sift spoils of sea grass:
find a broken finger of coral, a torn

Comments

[secretsolitaire]

I love this. The sea says all sorts of things to me too.

[poodlemama]

The beach is my very favourite place to walk. I'm with him. Lovely - thank you!