by curl of sea, walk curve of sand wet feet make footprints on dry land while combing beach for shells we see to reach, pick up, turn palm of hand and rinse sand off in waves as we walk curve of sand, by curl of sea
find abalone, dig clams and snails put cockleshells in handled pails spot cowrie, conch or spiraled cone look up to watch wind fill boat sails search pools of inter-tidal zone dig clams and snails, find abalone
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Check out dVerse poets where Laura reintroduces us to the “sparrowlet” form…
Quadrille (44 words) on Lisa’s “abide” themefor dVerse. Based on Mark 4:35-41. (Background is Moseley Waves blue wallpaper)
Yesterday, Pastor John Lee preached on this text and reminded us that although God might not calm the storm outside, or quiet the storm inside us, Jesus always remains with us “in the boat”.
Challenge at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai to create a“fusion” haiku from the given classic haiku and then create a Troiku series of three with using lines of”fusion” haiku:
the water-fowl pecks and shivers the moon on the waves
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