zafusy

january

loud
stone,
broken
sky-
light,
litter-
ing
the
shore

february

gray-
green,
pelt
moving,
waves
under
the
ice

march

red
ice,
fields
roll-
ing,
slow
from
p.
e.
i.

april

blue
whale,
tail
frozen,
diving
in
the
bay

may

boat
work-
ing
close
to
shore,
wake
washed
on
the
tide

june

trap
lifted,
scattered
cloud,
scraps
thrown
to
the
gulls

july

heavy
water,
men
haul-
ing,
shadow
from
the
bay

august

ATV,
de-
coy
failing,
sky
crushed
in
the
shell

september

blue
char-
coal,
dome
and
spire,
sky-
line
on
the
shore

october

tide-
torn,
low
sky,
tan-
gled
in
the
kelp

november

flux
and
form,
spray
hang-
ing,
gulls
above
the
foam

december

sun-
set,
back-
wash,
sha-
dow
over
stone

Sean Howard

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