BEACH GLASS – A PANTOUM

The shock, the joy of recognition
Green or aqua, sometimes brown, occasionally blue
Fragments sanded soft, glass hissed into jewels
Plucked from sandy shore on a summer’s day

Collage of colour, a mason jar full
The shock, the joy of recognition
Finding something precious, unexpected
Fragments sanded soft, glass hissed into jewels

A handful. a pocketful of paled sapphire, emerald
Collage of colour, a mason jar full
The pleasure of the rare – “Look! I’ve found a blue one!”
Finding something precious, unexpected

Discovered on the most traveled and commonplace of beaches.
A handful, a pocketful, of paled sapphire, emerald
Valued, treasured – no real reason (the seeing, the finding is enough)
The pleasure of the rare – “Look, I’ve found a blue one!”

Green or aqua, sometimes brown, occasionally blue
Discovered  on the most traveled and commonplace of beaches
Plucked from sandy shore on a summer’s day
Valued, treasured – no real reason (the seeing, the finding is enough)

Larry Wilson