I'm reading next week. A media reception will follow. Looking for a "clean" version of this poem to include in the press release. Dewell
AFTERMATH
Northwest wind erases
gull engravings,
plover’s quick-steps
feather southeast
on yesterday’s beach.
Ash and debris scatter
over wavelets of glass.
Dry kelp ribbons wave
a pale green goodbye.
Pages of a book
flip aimlessly,
gritty, forgotten.
Children play behind
carved sand dunes.
Ocean cannons roar.
-Dewell H. Byrd
AFTERMATH
Northwest wind erases
gull engravings,
plover’s quick-steps
feather southeast
on yesterday’s beach.
Ash and debris scatter
over wavelets of glass.
Dry kelp ribbons wave
a pale green goodbye.
Pages of a book
flip aimlessly,
gritty, forgotten.
Children play behind
carved sand dunes.
Ocean cannons roar.
-Dewell H. Byrd