AND WAVES WILL ALWAYS ROLL

Michael Edwards

 

 

AND WAVES WILL ALWAYS ROLL

 

The changing light that washes out

to bathe the fortress of the sea:

curling, crushing, carving caves

embracing skirts of golden shore,

from deepest seaweed green the waves

roll in and swallow sand borne tracks

as man’s mortality is lost

beneath the dancing rhythmic spray

and waves will always roll.

 

 

  • Author: Michael Edwards (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 28th, 2017 00:00
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • Goldfinch60

    Good write and wonderful painting.

    • Michael Edwards

      Thanks G - on reading it again the 'footprints' line has lost metre so needs a bit of tweaking.

      • Michael Edwards

        Got it:

        From: Roll in and swallow footprints in the sand

        To: Roll in and swallow sand borne tracks

        Reads so much better - changed it above.

      • orchidee

        Fine write and pic M.

      • Fay Slimm.

        A wonderful roll to this salty read Michael - another super write along with your watercolour seascape.

      • BRIAN & ANGELA

        ROLL JORDAN ROLL ~ ROLL JORDAN ROLL ! I love waves in rivers ~ lakes ~ oceans ! I am only 10 miles from the sea ~ so each week I get a chance to enjoy the WAVES breaking on the shore ~ AMEN. Love the Painting & the Poem ~ Please check my TAPESTRY ~ Thanks BRIAN

      • Louis Gibbs

        The mortality of man against the backdrop of nature's immortality ... a fine write and equally fine painting, Michael!

      • Jooles

        Lovely write....lovely rythm

      • FredPeyer

        Love your poem Michael. I sometimes sit at the beach and just watch the waves. The mesmerizing and soothingly repetitive motion together with the vastness of the ocean usually makes me feel small and unimportant, yet contemplative of nature's beauty.

        • Michael Edwards

          Thanks Fred - to sit and just observe nature is one of life's best therapies

        • P.H.Rose

          BRILLIANT Michael
          Just brilliant....

          • Michael Edwards

            You are so kind - and so much appreciated - thanks PH

          • WL Schuett

            This Micheal is very cool ,the first poem of yours that I've read and I found it very well done nicely melded I will take some time and read more

            • Michael Edwards

              Thanks so much - recently I have been painting more abstracts in acrylic ink although most of my commissions still come from local village scenes - this one in acrylic is a bit of an odd one out as I rarely paint in acrylic.



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