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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