tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51926078805149152172011-04-21T16:33:47.733-07:00Gretch Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517874383411890344noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192607880514915217.post-8677369220011446142009-01-25T11:52:00.000-08:002009-01-25T11:58:35.308-08:00I love docks<br />I love the smell of them<br />fish and sweat and creosote.<br />I love the coils of rope<br />the old crates that held crabs<br />the stink of old shrimp nets.<br /><br />I love walking on a dock<br />the cracks between the boards<br />where you see the shaded water<br />lapping below you -<br />the feeling that you could,<br />if you really tried,<br />levitate over the green salt water<br />or plunge into the briny river<br />and breathe easy with the fish.<br /><br />A mystical exension of Mother Earth<br />made of old boards and rusty nails -<br />a dock takes us to the lonely shrimpboats<br />with their silent shabby beauty<br />leading to the universe of the sea,<br />the endless possibilities within us all.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5192607880514915217-867736922001144614?l=gretchart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gretch Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517874383411890344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192607880514915217.post-1665495534506180452009-01-24T11:44:00.000-08:002009-01-24T11:59:11.331-08:00Variegated marshgrass<br />illuminated by the honey glow<br />of the southern sun<br />frames the pluff mud<br />home of sharp-edged oysters<br />their muddy shells<br />in stark relief<br />against the slick mud.<br /><br />No purple mountain's majesty<br />near so lovely<br />so serene<br />as the sun-dappled marsh<br />on a Carolina morning.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5192607880514915217-166549553450618045?l=gretchart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gretch Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517874383411890344noreply@blogger.com0