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
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