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The Frog and the Granite Shore, Part IV

From windswept shore I climbed to rocky perch, Crowned like giant stairs to steepled church, Solid and immovable, no waver, without lurch; Pitching boat ‘mid rolling waves, fragile as the birch, I feared for frail men, how perilous the search; When calmed the wind, I climbed from rocky perch. Continue reading The Frog and the Granite Shore, Part IV

Unknown's avatarWill PenningtonJanuary 17, 2020February 2, 20204 Comments
Personal Essays, Poems

The Frog and the Granite Shore, Part III

Away the wood,  I walked on Granite Shore Pounding waves, like knuckles rapped upon a door Lobster boat, weather-worn in winds that tore And red-faced men, like fishermen of yore Whose raw ripped flesh labored evermore To work the sea that swept the granite shore Continue reading The Frog and the Granite Shore, Part III

Unknown's avatarWill PenningtonJanuary 16, 2020February 2, 20209 Comments

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