pelted by sand - v2

Below the cliffs at Gay Head
the meeting clay
pelted by sand
buffeted by the
wind off the ocean
the lea of the hurricane
now out to sea.
 
Surveying the shoreline
after a night of disquiet
restless, hardly sleeping,
wind above us raging
freight trains rumbling
refueling, restarting,
no end in sight.
 
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edited December 20, 2021

pelted by sand – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/pelted-by-sand-v2.html

December 19, 2021

pelted by sand

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/pelted-by-sand.html

1996 #Hurricane #Eduardo

Aquinnah Martha's Vineyard

&

Small, by design

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/small-by-design.html

edited April 14, 2015

Cottages – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/cottages-v2.html

9/3/04 22:45

Cottages

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/09/cottages.html

summer of 1995

&

edited June 9, 2015

Like dry sand blowing – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/like-dry-sand-blowing-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited February 3, 2015

Like dry sand blowing – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/like-dry-sand-blowing-v2.html

January 27, 2015 7:52am

Like dry sand blowing

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/like-dry-sand-blowing.html

start of winter storm Juno

in Patten, ME

and after Hurricane Eduardo

1996 on Gay Head beach

Martha’s Vineyard

&

2/9/2010

The Wind off the Ocean

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/wind-off-ocean.html

Gay Head Beach,

Aquinnah,

Martha’s Vineyard, MA

1996, after Hurricane Eduardo

&

September 3, 2010

The Roar of the Engine

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/09/roar-of-engine.html

Gay Head

Martha’s Vineyard, MA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Edouard_(1996)

1996, during the night of Hurricane Edouard

41.344525,-70.828514

 

poetry, memories, family, nature, imagination, senses, sight, Martha’s Vineyard, touch, texture, sand, wind, water, Hurricane Eduardo, snow, Juno,

 

#poetry #memories #family #nature #imagination #senses #sight #MarthasVineyard #touch #texture #sand #wind #water #HurricaneEduardo #snow #Juno #Juno2015

 

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Pelted by sand

pelted by sand
wind off the ocean
the lea of the hurricane
now out to sea.
 
a night of disquiet
wind above us raging
freight trains rumbling
no end in sight.
 
--------------

December 19, 2021

pelted by sand

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/pelted-by-sand.html

1996 #Hurricane #Eduardo

Aquinnah Martha's Vineyard

&

Small, by design

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/small-by-design.html

edited April 14, 2015

Cottages – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/cottages-v2.html

9/3/04 22:45

Cottages

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/09/cottages.html

summer of 1995

&

edited June 9, 2015

Like dry sand blowing – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/like-dry-sand-blowing-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited February 3, 2015

Like dry sand blowing – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/like-dry-sand-blowing-v2.html

January 27, 2015 7:52am

Like dry sand blowing

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/like-dry-sand-blowing.html

start of winter storm Juno

in Patten, ME

and after Hurricane Eduardo

1996 on Gay Head beach

Martha’s Vineyard

&

2/9/2010

The Wind off the Ocean

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/wind-off-ocean.html

Gay Head Beach,

Aquinnah,

Martha’s Vineyard, MA

1996, after Hurricane Eduardo

&

September 3, 2010

The Roar of the Engine

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/09/roar-of-engine.html

Gay Head

Martha’s Vineyard, MA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Edouard_(1996)

1996, during the night of Hurricane Edouard

41.344525,-70.828514

 

poetry, memories, family, nature, imagination, senses, sight, Martha’s Vineyard, touch, texture, sand, wind, water, Hurricane Eduardo, snow, Juno,

 

#poetry #memories #family #nature #imagination #senses #sight #MarthasVineyard #touch #texture #sand #wind #water #HurricaneEduardo #snow #Juno #Juno2015

 

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live. 

a blizzard of needles

watching the snow

out our side window

a blizzard of needles

tiny little daggers

whizzing on by

as we drive homeward

down the highway

up here in Maine

so like the sandstorm

that attack me mercilessly

the sand the needles

that ate my flesh

================

February 10, 2018

a blizzard of needles

driving on Rte 95 south of Houlton, ME

2/10/18

&

edited February 10, 2018

The Wind off the Ocean – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-wind-off-ocean-v2.html

2/9/2010

The Wind off the Ocean

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/wind-off-ocean.html

Gay Head Beach,

Aquinnah,

Martha’s Vineyard, MA

1996, after Hurricane Eduardo

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 46,230 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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The Wind off the Ocean – v2

The wind off the ocean

after the hurricane, the maelstrom,

Like pumice in the air

like glass shard

sand eating my flesh.

Turning away,

from the sting of the missiles

like tiny daggers

the fine particles

pushed by the wind.

================

edited February 10, 2018

The Wind off the Ocean – v2

2/9/2010

The Wind off the Ocean

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/wind-off-ocean.html

Gay Head Beach,

Aquinnah,

Martha’s Vineyard, MA

1996, after Hurricane Eduardo

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 46,230 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

memories, family nature, imagination, senses, sight, Raymond A. Foss, Poetry Where You Live, Martha’s Vineyard, touch, texture, sand, wind, water, Hurricane Eduardo, Gay Head, Aquinnah,  poem

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Like dry sand blowing – v3

like dry sand blowing

in wisps and whirls

over the wet beach sand

after the recent hurricane

by a hidden force

the first of the snow flurries

pushed across the parking lot

by an invisible hand

in swirls and eddies

by a hidden force

in fractals and feathers

pushed across the parking lot

as if pushed, guided,

by the Spirit moving

by a hidden force

-------

edited June 9, 2015

Like dry sand blowing – v3

(editing version 2)

edited February 3, 2015

Like dry sand blowing – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/like-dry-sand-blowing-v2.html

January 27, 2015 7:52am

Like dry sand blowing

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/like-dry-sand-blowing.html

start of winter storm Juno

in Patten, ME

and after Hurricane Eduardo

1996 on Gay Head beach

Martha’s Vineyard

&

2/9/2010

The Wind off the Ocean

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/wind-off-ocean.html

Gay Head Beach,

Aquinnah,

Martha’s Vineyard, MA

1996, after Hurricane Eduardo

&

September 3, 2010

The Roar of the Engine

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/09/roar-of-engine.html

Gay Head

Martha’s Vineyard, MA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Edouard_(1996)

1996, during the night of Hurricane Edouard

41.344525,-70.828514

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 35,850+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Like dry sand blowing – v2

like dry sand blowing

in wisps and whirls

over the wet beach sand

after the hurricane

the first of the snow flurries

pushed across the parking lot

by an invisible hand

in swirls and eddies

in fractals and feathers

pushed across the parking lot

as if pushed, guided,

by an invisible hand

-------

edited February 3, 2015

Like dry sand blowing – v2

January 27, 2015 7:52am

Like dry sand blowing

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/like-dry-sand-blowing.html

start of winter storm Juno

in Patten, ME

and after Hurricane Eduardo

1996 on Gay Head beach

Martha’s Vineyard

&

2/9/2010

The Wind off the Ocean

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/wind-off-ocean.html

Gay Head Beach,

Aquinnah,

Martha’s Vineyard, MA

1996, after Hurricane Eduardo

&

September 3, 2010

The Roar of the Engine

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/09/roar-of-engine.html

Gay Head

Martha’s Vineyard, MA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Edouard_(1996)

1996, during the night of Hurricane Edouard

41.344525,-70.828514

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 35,670+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Like dry sand blowing

like dry sand blowing

over the beach after the hurricane

the first of the snow flurries

pushed across the parking lot

by an invisible hand

in swirls and eddies

in fractals and feathers

pushed across the parking lot

by an invisible hand

January 27, 2015 7:52am

Like dry sand blowing

start of winter storm Juno

in Patten, ME

and after Hurricane Eduardo

1996 on Gay Head beach

Martha’s Vineyard

&

2/9/2010

The Wind off the Ocean

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/wind-off-ocean.html

Gay Head Beach,

Aquinnah,

Martha’s Vineyard, MA

1996, after Hurricane Eduardo

&

September 3, 2010

The Roar of the Engine

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/09/roar-of-engine.html

Gay Head

Martha’s Vineyard, MA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Edouard_(1996)

1996, during the night of Hurricane Edouard

41.344525,-70.828514

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 35,460+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The Wind off the Ocean

The wind off the ocean
after the hurricane
Like pumice in the air
eating my skin

Turning away,
from the sting of the missiles
the fine particles
pushed by the wind

2/9/2010

The Wind off the Ocean

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/wind-off-ocean.html

Gay Head Beach,

Aquinnah,

Martha’s Vineyard, MA

1996, after Hurricane Eduardo

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 46,230 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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