January 31*

Lummi wave ~ photo by Luther Allen

high tide, relentless west wind
crash, pounding of waves
shudders felt
all the way
inside the house

unsettling the ground
unnerving the center

*Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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