Poems

Sea-lyre resting against driftwood at dusk

The First Time I Held the Sea-Lyre

A first meeting at the tidepools — a thread of sound, as soft as caves.

A lifted sketchbook page with butterfly cutout casting a shadow

Butterfly Emily

Finding air through a paper window; words becoming wings.

A single ripple widening at the tideline in dawn light

The Pause Between

A quiet ring where meanings gather — the first bright hush.

A small paper lantern drifting on calm water at blue hour

The Quiet Between

A paper lantern drifts at blue hour; the sound of quiet made my own.