Beach Art

The salty beast of tides slides in with silver on its edges.
It is a vault that leaves its treasures on the beach’s ledges.
Bones of fish and brittle shells and by-the-wind sailors
with wings trimmed off by tide and sand—those best of the sea’s tailors.
The jawbone of a shark or ray lies tilted on the sand.
Debris spread out like stitches by nature’s tidal hand
that slathers daily riches that an early walker saves,
collecting them while listening to the voices of the waves,
then sorts them into stories as she gives them a new life
with scissors and with fingers––with glue pot and with knife.

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This little piece of driftwood looked exactly like a bear. I didn’t touch it. Just mounted it on a piece of driftwood. It sold immediately.

For the Sunday Whirl, prompt words are: jaw debris stitch slather voices beasts tides salty vault edges silver tilt