The forest becomes the beach.
The roots become the shore
high-bluffed, winds cast over
rolls of clover cover
over the crane
at rest
in flight
at rest
in flight
at rest again
in reeds.
Spark of lightning
crossways
cut
through daylight.
The woods become the sand.
The roots become the sound
cairn-cornered, built before
building now near pebbles
skipped
and sunk
skipped
and sunk
skipped across
waters where
blue meets blue.
Christina M. Rau is the author of the Elgin Award-winning sci-fi fem poetry collection, Liberating The Astronauts (Aqueduct Press) and the poetry chapbooks WakeBreatheMove (Finishing Line Press) and For The Girls, I (dancing girl press). Her poetry has appeared on gallery walls in The Ekphrastic Poster Show, on car magnets for The Living Poetry Project, and in various literary journals. Her prose has appeared on Book Riot and in Reader’s Digest. She was named Poet of the Year by Walt Whitman Birthplace Association and Poet In Residence for Oceanside Library NY 2020-1, and she won the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Creative Endeavors. In her non-writing life, when she’s not teaching yoga or offering reiki, she’s watching the Game Show Network.
Find her links on http://www.christinamrau.com
Featured image of Sunken Meadow State Park courtesy Christina M. Rau
