Summer’s Shore

Soft lies the sand blown strand, silken calm,
Cast off in velvet deep, ghost moon sea-path glows star clad
Silent pinions glide, quest quartered heath
Washed skerrs shingle rasped vista, sea-girt sweet
High water verge by sanderlings claimed, as lyme sways with marram
Briny edge merges in reef wrung sound, crimson fire dew dawn rise
To windward’s lee dance viper bugloss and bloody cranesbill, slow drops nectar,
Invite bee drone pollen laden sips, drift soft in golden haze
Wild thyme rhymes with maiden pink, Skylark song adorns rising air
Full coast upraise rejoices luxuriant summer joy