Diani Beach

Sand

and water

on my feet

tide going out

coming in again

as I walk a shell line

or wade in knee deep

caught in a clouded sky

between heaven and earth

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dVerse prompt on place. I think the beach will always be my place.

Waiting for Albatross

Waves of the Mediterranean

are breaking at my lap

people have risen early

to run on her shores

Orion is fading

Gulls go back to sea

I want only to find

an albatross feeding

on the waters

“pictures of the floating world”

I will ride the sunrise into the day

Watch the colors fade to gray

Through mountains both near

And far away

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Day Five prompt using a poem from another language. Albanian poet Xhevahir Spahiu poem My Travels and a photo I just took at Craggy Wash in Arizona.