Sand Scribblings
Sand Scribblings - meaning Summary
Shoreline Motion and Absence
The poem observes a shoreline of continual motion and quiet traces. Wind, surf, and a sea shovel enact repeated stops and starts while sandpipers and a "fog moon" suggest small, instinctive migrations. Imagery of a sea woman’s hair left on sand and empty boxes with loose nails evokes departure and absence. Overall it registers transience and the faint, everyday marks left behind by movement and loss.
Read Complete AnalysesTHE WIND stops, the wind begins. The wind says stop, begin. A sea shovel scrapes the sand floor. The shovel changes, the floor changes. The sandpipers, maybe they know. Maybe a three-pointed foot can tell. Maybe the fog moon they fly to, guesses. The sandpipers cheep 'Here' and get away. Five of them fly and keep together flying. Night hair of some sea woman Curls on the sand when the sea leaves The salt tide without a good-by. Boxes on the beach are empty. Shake 'em and the nails loosen. They have been somewhere.
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