Sea Oat

Frieda mentioned you seldom read poems about the Sea Oat... I thought it was a situation needing remedied...

Sea Oat

 

Sand dunes shift

Salt gathers on her bowing head

Delicate, the limbs of her reaching

Danced in the turbulence of changing winds

She stands

 

Be careful where you trod

Her resilience in a hurricane

Withers… pressed carelessly under foot

Whence you came and where you go

A pathway her sentinel steadiness guards

 

Retreating storms must submit

Relenting to leave some residue behind

Ripples of dry waves collected in her roots

Building and rebuilding the shoreline

Keeping a respite from the sea

 

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and you remedied this quite nicely...i will send to my girlfriend...she is such a sea lover and beach lover...and you capture the beauty of both so nicely in this piece.
i like how you can do something like this on the spot.

you are so talented, my friend.

[David Scott]

Thank you Jacob. I am blushing...
Actually, most of my poems are "on the spot" writes. I probably need to be more systematic about my poetry, but this is where I am at and what I have time for in my life just now...
I'll thank Frieda and our friendship for making this easy to write.

[redflutterby]

I love the beach..so this one hit just the right spot. Who would have thought something so lovely could come from the simple sea oat... I'll thank Frieda for inspiring this wonderful piece. And your pen so aptly painted it all. Fantastic David..

[David Scott]

Hello Red. Thank you for the review and for your kind comments.

[Frieda P]

You KNOW I'm dancing in the turbulence of these changing winds....you just came up with this just like that eh? You must be a poet, needless to say I adore this one, resonates in my bones. Sigh...be still my heart, I adore it so...woo who knew, sea oats, really? ;-)

100 sea ripples

[redflutterby]

I second all of that hun...amazing!!

[David Scott]

Thank you Frieda. Both for the review and for the inspiration to give this to you. :)
I can see you dancing now in my mind.

[Frieda P]

Dance with me dahling ;-)

[David Scott]

If only... I fear I am not your equal in this quality. Still, I would offer you my companionship in this dance of life and smile at my own stumbling while I marvel at your grace.
It is good to have friends. :)

[Frieda P]

Awh you're too sweet my friend! Mwah! xo :-)