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the tide rises, the tide falls | an oceanic literary magazine
haiku
by
Jim Young
regrets
blowing like sand
into the sea
the sea
growling in the pebbles
a dog barks and barks
shrieking
the wildness of it all
winter sea swimmer
rain
on the sea
is never wet
Jim Young is an old poet writing from his beach hut on The Gower. His pen name is Oyoguhito, which means "the swimmer" in Japanese.
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