Featured Poet: Anne Dewees, Portsmouth
Anne "backed in to" writing poetry some years ago, when she assumed the caregiver role for her husband. As time permitted, pen and paper were always at the ready. She writes: "Over the years, writing has become an important part of my day and has brought me small successes and much joy." An active member of the poetry community, she has served on the Board of the Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program. Her work has appeared in "Compass Rose," "Avocet," Heartbeat of New England," "Portsmouth Unabridged," The 2008 Poets' Guide to New Hampshire, among other publications. She has published two chapbooks, Crossing Points, (Hobblebush Books 2004) and Harvesting, (Hobblebush Books, 2007.)
Of her featured poem, Anne writes:
"I could not live anywhere but close to the ocean, be it Portsmouth, NH, Carmel, CA, or Cape Cod. I walk the beaches not only for exercise, but also for reflection and meditation. This poem began as a description of a low tide stroll at Wallis Sands. The discoveries that day seem to lend themselves to the universal and my own very present concerns of aging."
BEACH WALK
late afternoon chill, tide dead low
only a slash of silver
disjoins gray sea from sky
brown seaweed traces secrets
on hard packed sand
I search the gleaming tide pools
for pale starfish
mossy green snails
the blue mussels that will not open
to give me answers
about the coming of age
before I grow old
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