Poetry Friday: Enviromental Folly

I went to the coast last weekend.  The tide was incredibly low.  A pantuom tribute to the wonderful world of the tide pools.  I love the t form.


Sea garden, low tide
Ruffled kelp, the ulva taeniata* and others
Intermingles with bull kelp
Cormorants fly in, out, feeding their young

Ruffled kelp, the ulva taeniata* and others,
Slick, slippery carpet challenges trespassers
Cormorants fly in, out, feeding their young
Microscopic alien signs of existence

Slick, slippery carpet challenges trespassers
Walking at low tide, looking
Microscopic alien signs of existence
Sea stars, anemones, glistening tide pool jewels

Walking at low tide, looking
Quiet treasures reveled: Upside down chitons*
Sea stars, anemones, glistening tide pool jewels
Aware of environmental follies?

Walking at low tide, looking
Intermingles with bull kelp
Aware of environmental follies?
Sea garden, low tide

 

Ulva taeniata: bright green sea algae with a ruffled edge
Chiton:a sea molluck, very primitive. Became aware of them through a college class and still have the empty shell of one, collected over 30 years ago

Becky over at Becky’s Book Review is hosting this week.s Poetry Friday.


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