Posted in Poetry 1990's, tagged magic carpet, Marina Beach in Edmonds Washington, nature, ocean, poem, Poetry, Puget Sound, sea, soup, waves on March 3, 2018| 35 Comments »
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It rolls in to me
one fresh churned wave
of salt-laden soup
in mussel shell blue
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with armor of chiton
in sea-weed sway
and twists of driftwood
on layers of foam
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bringing crab legs and agates
in dustings of gold
that buckle and rattle
kaleidoscope stones
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and as barnacles yawn
to taste the high tide
it rolls in the next one
for you.
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© 1993, 2018 Betty Hayes Albright
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(a re-write of “Beach” from 1993)
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Marina Beach in Edmonds, Washington (on Puget Sound).
Posted in Poetry 1990's, tagged beach, Poetry, Puget Sound, rocks, sea, seashells, seaweed, waves on January 4, 2012| 28 Comments »
. . . . (Puget Sound)
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And it rolls out another for you –
one slow buckling wave
serves up cold soupy sea
bearing armor of chiton
and mussel shell blue,
with twists of driftwood
and layers of foam,
crab legs and agates
in dustings of gold.
Now toppling, it rattles
kaleidoscope rocks,
then undulates kelp
in sea-weeding sway
and as barnacles open
to taste the high tide
it rolls out another for you.
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© 1993 Betty Hayes Albright
Posted in Poetry 1990's, tagged delight, ferry, heart, light, Puget Sound, sea, tides on October 3, 2011| 8 Comments »
Paean on Puget Sound
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Snow-edged mountains
surround the high tide
in the eye of the Sound
Image by dougtone via Flickr
as gulls pound the wind
higher and higher
with sun filled wings.
But nothing’s more aglow
than these waves of delight
as they ferry my heart
to the sea.
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(c) 1995 Betty Hayes Albright
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