My Thieving Gray Jay #poetry

Hey friends. Apologies. I’ve been trying to clean out my website of old things collecting dust, and inadvertently sent out two blog posts I didn’t mean to publish. What’s wrong with me! Forgive. Those two are incomplete; will be hard to make out. Please forgive
the blunder.

And so to make up for that, here’s a short poem that’s complete.

“The beach is not always a place,
sometimes it’s a feeling.” — Unknown

Old Man casts his net and pulls hard
Bulging the tide on the moon's side
Yet Sea fights back for inertia
First tide, then another-- surf tides

Sea rises with him skedaddled
Tangled in net, a stowaway—
Sea Breeze from yonder come hither
Stay longer my thieving gray jay

When tide is low I dream of you
At high tide, I want to escape
This time you came with the moonbeams
Till next moon with me breakaway

Together with me retire
You're my gift, my heart's desire
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© 2021 selmamartin.com

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silhouette of men with fishing poles at full moon. — Image susan-lu4esm / 1608 images, Pixabay

Main Photo: Image by Quang Nguyen vinh from Pixabay
Image susan-lu4esm / 1608 images, Pixabay

Hey, August, Thanks for getting us to September.
You lived up to your name– You can go now…

If you can’t travel to that home, that holds childhood echoes of the past, but you want to hard enough, home finds a way of reaching you. Sometimes home comes in
the wind, or as a stowaway in the nets of fishermen. Just sayin’…

I wrote this poem at the end of August when it brought me just such a breeze. Soothed my soul. But now, I’m so glad it’s September. Hope you enjoyed the poem.
Thanks for reading, I wish you miracles.

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I’m a simple woman who dares to see the beauty in ordinary. I’d love to connect with you and like pen pals, I want something beautiful to blossom between us. Will you join me? Selma is my middle name. Its meaning—peaceful, complete, are euphoric affirmations I like to think of myself as having. They compliment the joy I feel when I write. I sincerely hope you decide to join me on my writing journey. I Wish You Miracles.

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This Post Has 9 Comments

rajkkhoja September 6, 2021 Reply

Very nice you doing its. I two time open it post. It not open page.
1. Selma Martin September 6, 2021 Reply
  
  Sorry about that. Those OTHER two posted today are no good. INCOMPLETE. Just open THIS ONE. Thanks.
rajkkhoja September 6, 2021 Reply

Ok,
don’t mined Selma. I knowing, I read it.
GraceoftheSun September 6, 2021 Reply

Absolutely beautiful , Selma. Loved this piece.❤️
1. Selma Martin September 6, 2021 Reply
  
  💕 👏
Daphny Aqua September 7, 2021 Reply

Nice poem Selma, I loved it ❣
Smitha V September 9, 2021 Reply

Beautiful quote, Selma. Thank you for sharing it. Nice poem too.
1. Selma Martin September 9, 2021 Reply
  
  thanks for honoring me with your visit. Be well, always.
  1. Smitha V September 11, 2021 Reply
    
    It was my pleasure, Selma. Thank you for your warm wishes. Wishing you good cheer too.