Pellet Petals by David P. Miller As the tide recedes the sand crabs reappear. They recreate their holes filled in at high tide, doorways plugged with silt. Crabs view the beach with caution. Crabs scrape the sand with inch-long strokes. High tide brings fresh food, now washed across the beach. Crabs feed, taking what theyContinue reading “Pellet Petals by David P. Miller”
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Pawleys Island by David Bachner
Pawleys Islandby David Bachner Traveling north, up from Saint Augustine and Savannah,I stop for the night at Pawleys Island, the South Carolinaresort community where my in-laws used to rent a beachhouse for a week every summer. I look out over the sea,remembering a day nearly forty years ago. The beach and the weather are perfectContinue reading “Pawleys Island by David Bachner”
Strandhill Beach in May by M.J. Iuppa
Strandhill Beach in May ~ Sligo, 2019by M.J. Iuppa Instantly my breath is lost in this Atlantic air, inits steady wind swirling around my figure as ifI could be worn down to bits of sand whispering off the dunes —I look back over my shoulderto see the Irish Sea, muscular and taut, risingin its infantry of waves,Continue reading “Strandhill Beach in May by M.J. Iuppa”
Caribbean by Donald Hall
Caribbean by Donald Hall Montego Bay in its quick curve listens to the plane, waiting for the cross of silver to soften down. In the air, above, past the frail wing and the gauze glint of propellers, we see the thick curve of the green: the aqua- marine! This is the Caribbean Sea, and theContinue reading “Caribbean by Donald Hall”
POETRY and PLACES 