Ocean Haiku by Joshua St. Claire

storm rising wavelengths of white ibis 

pulsar the tern’s wings in the Atlantic sun 

zarzaparilla 
brown pelicans trace 
the Folium of Descartes 

where the waves are the end of the beginning 

neither shadow 
nor reflection 
sanderlings 

my best days behind me the waves of the Atlantic 

her wings 
a laughing gull spreads 
the stratocumulus sky 

sea dune 
pennywort stolons stitching together 
the earth 

a quarter moon in the seaspray lavender dusk 

starstrand 
the new vowels 
the Atlantic teaches me

Joshua St. Claire

3 thoughts on “Ocean Haiku by Joshua St. Claire

  1. DWB's avatar DWB says:

    Joshua

    I truly enjoyed how you’ve reinvigorated the haiku form this week in the Springs.

    Tennyson said that nature is “red in tooth and claw” and he also knew that it’s beautiful. Even the end, in the end, ends up being beautiful.

    Carl Jung said that life, for some of us, really begins at 50! The rest of it is trial and error, practice and paying your dues. America only worships what it thinks it can sell. The real, true, deep religion of America is, without doubt, $$$: i.e., idolatry.

    The ocean is equal parts terror and beauty. Nothing more beautiful under the sun and I don’t want to go swimming where the big sharks are, even though I also find them rather beautiful (in their way)!

    Dale

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