Poem Category: Beach

Un-hooked

how quickly the octopus

takes the bucket’s shape.

Sunset fades

the seagulls surrounded

by the others’ sleep.

Children’s beach

their sand castles abandoned

to the midday heat.

Surf boarder

the city’s summer sun

setting behind him.

Beach umbrella

rainbow ice-cream

down the little girl’s hand.

Ashes on the surf …

she writes his last word

into the sand.

Just two of us

the beach after midnight

my dog paddling too.

So ! deep ! the singing

whales fill all

of horse-shoe bay.

Thunder bolts

in fading light

the rush of showers from the sea.