Trumpets of desert sand verbena
and leafy coastal sagewort nestle in

with paintbrush and seaside daisies,
ageless blooms at home in the dunes

inside the whip of wind and weight of fog,
facing the rocky cove’s icy tides and surf.

Beneath a sky a spray of constellations,
lovers pass by snuggling into each other,

their windswept laughter a night song
drifting past plumes of pampas grass.


© by Andrena Zawinski.
Used here with the author's permission.