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 .. 

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–from Link: “For Elandra: The 37-Year Partnership,” a poem by Alice B. Clagett, written in May 2017; published on 21 December 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-kSC ..

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Alice B. Clagett

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