Footfall on stone beach, coarse crunch of my weight softened by slippery slurp of green algae, caw of seagulls, rhythmic “Shhhhhh” of waves bubbling in,
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Beachcombing
Posted in Beaches/Tides on July 8, 2024 | Leave a Comment »
Dedication Plaque
Posted in Art, Beaches/Tides, Death/Loss/Grief, Existential, Ocean, Poetry on October 19, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Twenty two years after his death, I sit on the weather-stripped bench. At my feet a small plaque commemorates a man I never met, whose family and friends chose to mark his life. To mark his death, really, as that’s the only year engraved. Chose for strangers who never knew he existed to know that […]
Skimming Stones
Posted in Beaches/Tides, Fathers, Masculinity, Parenting, Relationships, Sons on June 25, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
“What are your thoughts?” asked the husband to the wife. “Hmmmmmm,” murmured the wife, stalling for time.
Low Tide
Posted in Acceptance, Beaches/Tides, Existential, Fear, Natural World, Vulnerability on November 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
I walked away from the bonfire, toward the bay, toward the horizon, except there’s no horizon after dark. My rain boots crunched and squished along the rocks and shells and sand, and as I walked further out, sank a bit with each step. This was sand rarely exposed to air. I walked among pools of […]