Beach
BY Joan McNerney
My mind is an ocean
where swimmers, surfers,
sun worshippers cavort.
Long salty hair
held between
their teeth.
Flourishing
wild flowered gowns
…streams of silk
waves of taffeta
splashy lace.
They sail through
my watery face
combing my eyes
whispering in my ears.
Alone, under a pointillist sky.
Gulls flying around me.
Black waters touched by
moon of vague prophecy.
Joan McNerney’s poetry has been included in numerous literary magazines such as Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Camel Saloon,
Blueline, Poppy Road Review, Spectrum, three Bright Hills Press Anthologies and several Kind of A Hurricane Publications. She has been nominated
three times for Best of the Net..