{"id":2964,"date":"2016-03-09T03:30:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T03:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2017-03-25T04:29:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T04:29:58","slug":"salt-marsh-soliloquy-by-david-sermersheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/salt-marsh-soliloquy-by-david-sermersheim\/","title":{"rendered":"Salt Marsh Soliloquy by David Sermersheim"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Salt Marsh Soliloquy<\/h2>\n

by David Sermersheim<\/p>\n

under a pewter sky
\na meandering stream
\nwends its way
\nthrough straw-brown sea grass<\/p>\n

a musky essence rises
\nwith the ebb and flow
\nof tidal rhythms
\nfrom the Sound
\ndown and round the bend<\/p>\n

a tilted fence
\nsifts gentle breezes
\nthrough weathered gray slats<\/p>\n

a snowy egret
\npoised on edge
\nof its reflection
\nmelds two images into one<\/p>\n

an Osprey returns to her thatch
\ndangling her catch
\nover three eager beaks
\nstraining for a piece of the prize<\/p>\n

to see and not be seen
\nis the way of the day
\nplaying out its rituals
\nin the fading metallic hue
\nof late afternoon<\/p>\n

live simply
\nfully freely and well
\nwaiting a lifetime
\nfor nothing to happen<\/p>\n

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I taught at The Hotchkiss School for 33 years, have had poems published in “The Aurorean”, “Blueline”, “Ancient Paths”, “Blue Collar Review” “Iodine Review”, “Poetry Pacific” and many other journals and quarterlies. My book, “Meditations” is listed on Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

taught at The Hotchkiss School for 33 years, have had poems published in “The Aurorean”, “Blueline”, “Ancient Paths”, “Blue Collar Review” “Iodine Review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1782,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poem"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t