Lauren Thomas
Bird song and seaweed in its
Dark green ribbons,
Evidence of storms that came
From deep inside the night
But here she patters in pools
And breeze blown ridges
Sea reflecting skim-stone sky above
Its curling arms of deep just out
Of reach. A quiet wild, held in sharp
Sting of salt. Patterns in the sand
Map the tidal pull and draw, the
White foam follows where she hops
From sturdy water-break to shore
Oystered in her blue-bone wilderness
Lauren Thomas is a teacher of English Literature. She likes writing vivid poems that deal with themes of passing time, memory, and the natural world. Lauren’s most recent work was published in The Daily Drunk Mag and The Crank Literary Magazine. Find her on Twitter (@laurenmywrites).
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