Seems that a girl (tropical storm) named Tammy also has Carolina on her mind. It's rained off and on all day--in those tropical storm bands that soak everything. The surf has been fierce and there are small craft warnings and surf fishing in this kind of mess would be futile.
Suppose I could look on the bright side and say that since I didn't go to the tropics, the tropics are coming to me!
Nevertheless, I did spend time on the beach today... a rough poem in which I tried to capture the event:
Waves erases footprints
of my travel parallel to the surf,
of toes digging into the moist sand
as I focused on the distant conveyance
of water and land and air
in a foggy mist
‘till a gray black curtain
pelts cold liquid bullets
stinging as I run to the Palm Room
and find shelter at the bar
and sit with the patrons watching the game
while I drink some beer and write a poem.
Suppose I could look on the bright side and say that since I didn't go to the tropics, the tropics are coming to me!
Nevertheless, I did spend time on the beach today... a rough poem in which I tried to capture the event:
Waves erases footprints
of my travel parallel to the surf,
of toes digging into the moist sand
as I focused on the distant conveyance
of water and land and air
in a foggy mist
‘till a gray black curtain
pelts cold liquid bullets
stinging as I run to the Palm Room
and find shelter at the bar
and sit with the patrons watching the game
while I drink some beer and write a poem.
i love the way waves erase footprints. i don't know why. i'm sure everyone loves it but still, i love it.
ReplyDeleteOh, wow what a NICE POEM...LOVE IT!! I could picture each word as you wrote it...I know the beach so well since living on it or close to it all my life.
ReplyDeleteI thought about you watching TAMMY especially after you posted you were headed there. Ms Hurricane Tracker here....the proof is in the archives! (SMILING)
You know I just love smiling at you, but for some reason I feel others may not know me as all my friends do. Hoping you are having a good time....I see a post ahead me...so I'm off to check it out.
Take care....want to hear more about your trip! (smiling)