Written in May 2017; published on 21 December 2018
- FOR ELANDRA: THE 37-YEAR PARTNERSHIP
FOR ELANDRA: THE 37-YEAR PARTNERSHIP
A Poem by Alice B. Clagett
May 2017
This account is entirely fictional.
Sometimes
all that’s needed is
a word
Alack!
Tides rise
and fall
Ebb amble
Crabs
hang out
languidly
Sea slug
mopes
Gulls
sling fish
sideways
down the hatch
Was it last spring?
Rip tide
A surf class kid
bit the brine
The paramedic
had a heart attack
I said
so long

Image: “Oyster Shell,” by Alice B. Clagett, ca. 2016, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Oyster Shell,” by Alice B. Clagett, ca. 2016, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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Alice B. Clagett
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