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color in motion
sea water aggravated by stubborn basalt
gray-green whipped to blue-green
veined with foam white smashed
against purplish brown to billow
into misting columns rising
collapsing into whitened channels
in rock vulnerable from melting
cooling, now attacked again and again
with each wave clawing at its surface
as it recedes gray-green again with
bits and specs of earth ensnared
and yielded to mother ocean
creative builder as well as destroyer
unpacific storm
An original poem by MaryJane Nordgren
wrathful waters
gray-green writhings
spouting white anger
in a beauty not to be touched
only witnessed from safe shore
Readers Comments: “I can feel the intense wind and spray coming ashore.” “I love the beauty of a stormy sea.” “I reread and LOVE this - except that it is SO Pacific, to be unpacific.” “Visiting the Oregon coast, were you? Great phraseology, MaryJane!” “You use words beautifully”