Hi Paul:

Greetings from Manhattan. Sometimes the working methods of the sea seem so similar to those of the poet, that they could be considered a metaphor for poetry composition. Here is the poem “At Sea Level,” from my work-in-progress, Circle of Time.

Best wishes,
Charles Pierre

Paul Goldfinger © Gasparilla Island, Florida. c. 2014.

At Sea Level

By Charles Pierre

On this low-lying island,
edged all around with surf,

land and water absorb
each other along beaches,

where driven tides wash sand
to the sea, then shower it back

across shore, like a poem
in endless revision,

each new sheet of sand
spread flat and blank,

its shape and texture
worked by the weather,

until the draft is crumpled
and flung to the waves.

A.R. RAHMAN. “You Complete Me” from The 100 Foot Journey.