Crab Trap
(for Jackie Bastian)
Sand in our sandals.
Two sirens in tow.
One warm summer evening.
The stars all aglow.
We paired off in the dunes
at the foot of the bay
and woke up the next morning
with the catch of the day.
Summertide
The ride was rough
but the landing smooth.
The campfire’s burning
bright.
We’ll strum guitars
under the stars
and sleep on the sand
by the sea tonight.
Frank William Finney is a poet and former university lecturer from Massachusetts. His poems appear in many international journals, magazines, and anthologies in print and online. A Joint Winner of The Letter Review Prize for Poetry, he is the author of the chapbook The Folding of the Wings (Finishing Line Press, 2022) and two collections published in Thailand.
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