Beach Memories, A Haiku Sequence by Roberta Beary (BEACH AND POOL MEMORIES Poetry and Prose Series)

Beach Memories, A Haiku Sequence
by Roberta Beary

1)
at the end
of the hot bus ride
pink seashells

2)
under the boardwalk
the deep timbre
of the cop’s voice

3)
cabana —
brushing the beach
from my hair

4)
beach wedding—
the day dad lost me
in the waves

PHOTO: The author, age eight, at the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: When I was eight, my father took us to Atlantic City, leaving my brother, age nine, in charge. I got lost somewhere between the sand and the shore. As my father lay dying in 2005, he spoke of his fear on that day in 1962. A visit to any beach reminds me of the day I was lost, and then found.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Roberta Beary is the haibun editor at Modern Haiku.  Her book The Unworn Necklace, a Poetry Society of America Award Finalist, is in its fourth printing. Her most recent book, Deflection, a collection of prose poems, is an Eric Hoffer book awards finalist. Follow Roberta Beary on twitter @shortpoemz, where she tweets her photoku.