Wednesday, December 03, 2014

Swan Beach Lament

Swan Beach, NC


You won't see many postcards with

a northeaster slinging sand in your face

but elemental desolation clears the head.

When the state road is the beach you attune

to the moon and the tides and the wind

to the surf and the storms at sea and love it

while you can for plans are being drawn

the developers have come and you wonder

how to kiss another open beach goodbye.