I slunk from the sea
late last night
to stand in a moon-dappled room
under a broad-leafed tree
to write these words from the ocean,
dripping and streamered
with ribbons of seaweed,
leaving the smell of wet salt and wind
behind for the forest
whose paper this is.
Untitled Poem #131
Posted: June 22, 1992 in PoetryTags: Forest, Moon, Night, Ocean, Salt, Sea, Tree, Untitled, Wind
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