Lifes Work

Letters To A Young Poet

The ocean and pier

January 17, 1997 — Filed under: mypoems

The ocean and pier The gentle comforting sounds of the surf The sturdy support and solidity of the pylons drowning in consumption Pound hard noise the sound wave caries in the fading line history built brick by brick beat on top of beat These scraps of time collage themselves in my life The woman lying next to my caries on on a feathered pillow her head lies