ocean front

crest crop

ocean rock zoom

salmon rock cropped

fall in the river

alder leaves in still creek, ducks nearby

haida-gwaii-items

lust in translation

seas corals bones

tidelines shift

limpets be’low

woo’d

worn in

wand’ring

whet

under toes

sea foam

algae

re:grit

swaying girth
spanning time
brief pockets of sun
(the streaming kind)

lantern domes make muffled sounds
(momentarily illuminating mine)

flickering embers in campfire’s bowl
little lapping, licking flames
jamming survival in newborn coal
this fire is never tame

-jessica gabriel (2008)