Sand is Disposable Graffiti
In the sand, she wrote,
I cleaned this beach---
Please don’t pollute.
The line was drawn in the sand.
Pressed into the sand are
footprints lasting only to
water’s edge.
In the sand, he wrote,
Will you marry me?
inside a giant heart.
Left in the sand is
graffiti at dusk---
for the rest of us
to learn.
The sand can always be changed.
TJKG check out dverse http://dversepoets.com/2013/02/21/meeting-the-bar-graffiti-poetry/
Really like this and a new take on graffiti. Had never thought of it in this way and so true.
ReplyDeletepretty cool to tour the beach and see the remnants of the days activities...and maybe even ponder at the couple and did she say yes...smiles.
ReplyDeleteAh the shifting sand graffiti, I am partial to the environmentally friendly version. Apparently some are now using moss and buttermilk instead of spray paint.
ReplyDelete..it's the idea...having the freedom to write to one's heart's delight..canvas can be so many things ;)
ReplyDeleteSuch a cool thought. Nicely done
ReplyDeleteLike the impermanence of media asserting permanent consequences.
ReplyDeleteyes. beaches are great canvases.
ReplyDeleteNever thought of beaches as canvasses - but so they are. An opportunity to briefly leave our thoughts...before being washed away forever,
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
Ah, lovely. k.
ReplyDeleteSand is disposable graffiti...word.
ReplyDeletevery cool on the messages you can find at the end of a beach day...love the heart with the question to marry him...hope she said yes...smiles
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing the things people will write/draw on a sandy beach, confident that the tide will sweep the evidence away. Very nice interpretation of Anna's prompt.
ReplyDeleteSand as graffiti...I love it. Great poem!!
ReplyDeleteHow many times have I written love notes in the sand? Too many to count. You captured me with this one.
ReplyDeleteI never thought of sand that way. Well done!
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