Crash

chilly winds
silence the gulls
gray waves crash

 

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Photo: Coastline along Cape Perpetua, Oregon, c.b.w. 2015

Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2016

Clouds

the cloud bank
rushes the shore
waves crash

 

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Photo: Cape Perpetua, Oregon, c.b.w. 2015

Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2016

Sharp

fog softens
sharp edges of
a battered shore

 

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Photo: Cape Perpetua, Oregon, c.b.w. 2015
Words: c.b.w. 2015

Breath

The bitter edge

of a passing storm

Hides the horizon

with uncertain fog

Water churns in

life’s deep crevice

pounding rough stones

washing the sand

Cold from the storm

gray on the inside

Yet, breath remains

in blades of grass

and the steadfast pine

 

 

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Photo: Devil’s Churn, Cape Perpetua, Oregon, c.b.w. 2015
Words: c.b.w. 2015