Jones Beach, Early Autumn
A poem.
September 30, 2011
Jones Beach, Early Autumn
The families have crossed
the summer portal,
leaving the rocky edge
washed clean,
water table set for us with broth
of kelp tangles, mussels, razor-edged clams,
scent of generously salted earth.
I plant my feet in cool
depths of sand to watch
the tide inch back
home again.
– Katherine Hauswirth