Category Archives: Poetry

Montauk # 24

September 22, 2024 – 7:27 am

Staring at the sky Seagulls glide on easterly wind Gray clouds follow suit I stand Watching Earthbound___ I’m out in Montauk Thursday thru Sunday staying with my friends, selling jewelry at their store. 771 Montauk Highway. Good to be out of the city. They have a beach shack on Ditch Plains Road. At night I […]

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NAKED TO THE COLD SEA by Peter Nolan Smith

September 20, 2024 – 8:17 am

In the early 70s Che and me stand on Nauset’s nude beach The two of us Hippies not yet punks___ A thick ledge of wet seaweed Covered the high tide mark. Off with our clothes We lay on the cool green algae Our bare bodies sinking beneath the sludge Comforted by the endless ocean The […]

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Smooth Sand

September 11, 2024 – 6:33 pm

Thousands of feet pummel the beach. At the edge of the sea Only mine Erased by the waves Smooth sand.

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Thousands of Feet Sand

September 11, 2024 – 1:38 pm

Thousands of feet pummel the beach. At the edge of the sea Only mine Erased by the waves Smooth sand.

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End Of Summer – Truro – 2024

September 6, 2024 – 11:52 am

Sunrise over the Coast Guard Beach East on Truro The dawn bouncing off the Atlantic To fill the morning sky O’er Cape Cod Bay___ A couple stand on the porch. The last hours of vacation For AP and his loving wife and daughter___ The Audi packed With what is theirs Leaving behind nothing And leaving […]

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