Autumn at Owen Beach

Tacoma Washington rains
a foggy mist I breathe
in cadence
with soft whispers
of Puget Sound surf
heard front row center
sitting on this sand-locked log
all to myself at Owen Beach.

Seeking similes for birds
behaving like birds
as I float a morning prayer
toward the Tahlequah ferry
crossing for Vashon Island
from Point Defiance Park
sailing the horizon between
gray water and gray sky.

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Nice imagery.

Bruce Boston

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Thanks, Bruce. An escape from

Thanks, Bruce. An escape from wearing my mask during this pandemic. Easy to social distance alone at sunrise on the beach.

Carl “Papa” Palmer of Old Mill Road in Ridgeway, Virginia, lives in University Place, Washington.