Twirls of seaweed strew
over dimpled rocks
quickly shed free –
across damp sand
playing off each other
papery filaments skitter
and flip
Later, washed over
crisscrossed in a half-smile
frail footsteps recede
disquieting behind me
ribbed with graveyard bones
limestone fragments crumble
wallpapered underneath
in imprecise lines
snippets of ochre conjure
an amoebic design
a patina stained and flecked
Soon the drift of dusk –
unmoored, about to weep
drawn back and back
both beautiful and hypnotic
a bevy of clouds merge
towards the sea
continuously glassy
minute waves lap
almost silent –
gentle against my feet
Darrell Coggins is a poet, visual artist and musician who lives in Adelaide, South Australia. His poetry has been published in Poetry Matters, Positive Words, The Mozzie, Tamba, Studio, Nine Muses, Envy – Seven Deadly Sins, The Crow and Friendly Street Poets anthologies. Darrell’s poems are of moments seen, heard and felt.
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