A Windy Walk on the Santa Monica Pier
Beachgoers don’t mind winter or the wind —Poetry
On a blustery, frigid February afternoon, our family visited Southern California. We decided to walk on the Santa Monica Pier, although our teenage kids pouted stronger than the Santa Ana winds that hissed and whistled at us from all directions.
As the clouds puffed up their chests edged by a clear, chilly sky and met the white-ridged waves, the seagulls swarmed in the swift sand as the waves retreated. The sand — a blinding tornado left us squinting in the sun, while we admired the waves cresting in a never-ending crescendo of dreams - a mirror of heaven and earth.
My husband and I never know what reactions we get from our teenage children, which makes spending time together so wonderful and even mysterious. It has been like this since they were little, and we wouldn’t want it any other way.
I feel that our memories are like clouds that puff up their chests, for we tend to enhance them and create new stories around our experiences, but one thing is for sure: my husband and I relish our children’s reactions to new foods, places, and events.
And that blustery, frigid February afternoon was no exception.
I enjoyed reading Emily Gibson’s evocative poem Life-Size Snow Globe and her wonderful comparisons and images. I could almost taste the snowflakes like salt on French fries, as Emily beautifully describes in her poem.
And if you wish to read more poems that I wrote together with 14 other poets from around the world, please purchase our Moments of Eternity anthology put together by Dr. Gabriella Korosi with The Dancing Elephants Press.
I am also honored to be part of The Dancing Elephant Publication and have five of my essays published in Holistic Journey Toward Wellness, as well as our new essay anthology The Joy of Life.
For more poetic musings and short-form philosophy, please check out my new book, Inspirational Signs for More Sunshine in Your Life and Morsels of Love, A Book of Poetry, and Short-Form, published in 2021.
If you like podcasts, please listen to Seeds of Sunshine, a multigenerational podcast that I started together with my daughter.
Published by Annelise Lords.