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 A harbor seal surfaces to see what all the commotion is in his environment. |
By PAUL HERTELENDY
of TheColumnists.com
Gulls in chorus sound
soprano calls
In brilliant sonic luminosity
Above the port at sunrise
Over glassy sea reflecting more than even poets.
A glacier-capped colossus mountain
Serves as beacon landmark on this far frontier
That overlooks the forest, land and ocean tide.
Retrievers
black,
With fanning, wagging tails, see water,
Going thoroughly ecstatic-frenzied,
Running on and jumping in,
Unleashing radiating waves
Announcing shoreline come to life,
Awakening a fishing harbor seal’s deep curiosity.
His underwater head bobs up
Evaluating land-based interlopers,
Launching yet another wavelet circle
Radiating his inflated ego
To compete with lordly canine revelry.
©2012 by Paul Hertelendy. The photo is an artist-enhanced version of an internet photo. This column first posted June 25, 2012.
Paul Hertelendy is critic and webmaster for the arts-review web site www.artssf.com, and is also the Piedmont (CA) Centennial poet laureate. To visit his website, click here: PAUL
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