Sharon Auberle,
US
Beach Music
old man sits alone
a seawall holding his bones
heart hammered in stone
old woman laughs on a bench
the ocean sings beside her
surfers blade the waves
sleek as seals in morning light
they laugh at dying
the next wave will always come
they will always conquer it
wedding by the sea
Annie and Jeff are their names
keep laughter alive
the priest says and blesses them
against whatever may come
the grey dread-locked man
steps out from a pier
sleeping bag held tight
races a laughing seagull
to someone's abandoned lunch
old man and woman
side by side on the sea bench
she touches his stone heart
they laugh at eternity
the next wave will always come
About
Sharon Auberle
When not writing,
Sharon Auberle may be found hanging pictures and poems at her
website, Mimi's
Golightly Café. Her work has appeared in numerous
publications and on-line magazines and in a variety of
anthologies. She has two recently published books—Saturday
Nights at the Crystal Ball, a memoir in poetry from
Cross+Roads Press; and Crow Ink, a collection of
poetry and photographs from Little Eagle Press.
This is Sharon
Auberle's first appearance in Sketchbook.
