The Great Rock at Pebble Beach
Beached leviathan - even the sea can't move it -
commanding contours
constant in tidal wash
of pebbles and shells
this rock: seamark
to fishermen at the end
of a day's work;
lodestone to artists
dreamers and children.
The child climbs, explores
trial journeys, the dream:
playacts the long step west;
the craftsman sounds
walks round in sand, fathoms
the energy of stone;
the lobsterman steers with care
thinks of his wife, his day's catch
his supper ... marks the cove by the rock -
knows that he's almost home.
