FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: POINTS AND LINES Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words point and/or line, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on November 17th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Points and Lines will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, November 18th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Friday, November 17, 2023

Alicia Viguer-Espert


Power


It is the sea

what speaks to me

muffling sounds from seagulls’ wings,

and children’s voices running over sand.


Today the whiteness of a hovering cloud marks

the points where stars will appear 

                                                              tonight.

The moon playing catch up with the sun

        leans on that single cloud

                    hoping

under the shade of a pine tree that she’ll succeed 

                                                          I smile.

Timid waves lick pulverized gold 

                       for a while,

before picking up momentum             

                           forcing the undercurrent 

to churn seaweeds, hope, hostility and love inside the waters.


Calm returns,

                    a blanket of silver blinds me,

            such power I’ve seen,

       such beauty

we both carry,

if only we knew how to harness it.  





The Writers
 


A roaring sea covers the fury

of strong winds rushing to shore,

the sideways steps of starfish

and also, the voices of children

paired with murmurs of danger,

but I’m not afraid.


On the line of foam whipping the beach

I stand, 

my bare feet welcome the coolness,

while sandpipers draw stars

with their triangle digits

I write a message on the sand               

                                          with a stick, 

hoping You’ll read it.



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