We all took tentative, cautious
careful steps into the icy
sea -
cold, cold, Maine salt water.
Unsure of the wisdom
of our temporary sojourn
walking out from shore;
Tide rising, coming in,
bringing numbing cold,
and a soup of baby
jellyfish.
At least the cold
took their sting out.
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edited April 12, 2018
“Into the Icy Sea – v4
Edited August 2, 2013
“Into the Icy Sea – v3”
edited May 5, 2013
“Into the Icy Sea – v2
Title 8/9/07, poem August 10, 2007 9:01am
“Into the Icy Sea”
edited April 12, 2018
“Jellyfish Toss – v4”
Edited January 4, 2014
“Jellyfish Toss – v3”
(editing original again)
Edited May 5, 2013
“Jellyfish Toss – v2”
Title 8/9/07,
poem August 10, 2007
8:56am
“Jellyfish Toss”
at Rogue Bluffs Beach
Our mission trip,
from Wesley United Methodist Church,
Concord,
NH and from First United Methodist Church,
Hudson, MA to Jacksonville
and Machias, ME
to the Down East Maine
Mission,
Jacksonville
United Methodist Campground,
East Machias,
ME
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