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By PAUL HERTELENDY  The Poet's Impressions of the storm of Feb. 17, 2004, off Half Moon Bay,CA |
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A savage roiling sea invades the continent By hammering and pulverizing monumental cliffs, Reducing them to decimated grains of sand To fill the hour-glass of mankind Marking down impatient, ruthless time. The waves smash Rocky ramparts well off shore. The swells splash Hard and high, with spray shot wild toward sky To soak and warn the soaring single-minded gulls above Whose only thought is gorging on some flotsam morsel. The gulls, like we, must nest---but where? Attacking seas will win this war A billion years from now. Meanwhile I’ll stand transfixed At ocean’s shifting edge To watch each skirmish, Fascinated, mesmerized, Sensing mini-triumphs every time the tide goes out And we regain some precious land In respites brief, All much too brief to celebrate. |
| ©2004 by Paul Hertelendy. Paul Hertelendy is a critic with the San Francisco Bay Area arts website www.artssf.com. To visit his website, click here: PAUL |
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