A recent submission of mine to The Writers Club is their “Favorite Submission of The Week.” The poem, “Museum Piece,” was inspired by a walk along the South Carolina Coast one evening with my family, and my Uncle Tom, Aunt Anna, and my cousin Elizabeth. We passed a roped-off section in the dunes above the high tide mark. On the other side of the rope was a small, lovely stand of sea oats. The poem is below.

The Sonoma, California Coast

Above the tides the sea oats stand,

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