On the Seashore
Here's a poem published in the 2006 Tickled by Thunder Poetry contest, where I was delighted to learn that my poem took second place. Simply titled: On the Seashore the window pane frames waves washing the sand if she tilts her head just right the tattered flag at the lighthouse flutters in the next square far-away sailboats are toys in the top square but she must go out let the wind run its fingers through her hair gathering her long skirt in slender hands she runs barefoot warm sand catches each footfall her copper curls stretch and bob and the wind brushes her face with a passing kiss Carolyn Wilker Second Place, Tickled by Thunder 2006 Poetry Contest, published in Vol. 16, No. 37