Poem: Storm
Adelaide beaches and their changing moods are again the subject for Poet’s Corner, this time in a poem from Mylene Warman.
Storm
Starting fair
the horizon appears
blue skies
draw the eyes
The haze begins
where sky meets sea
the grey deepens
horizon blurs
Fuelling breeze
calm seas stir
snowy crests arise
crashing shores
Rearing front
rolls near
rumbles purr
harkening ear
Bolts apart
signal doom
charge the air
beacons in the gloom
Wind driven
whipped
rushing forth
darkening brow
Crescendo arising
sound light orchestra
playing to
clamorous choir
Dark glory maw
portents of doom
ravaged waters
pounding shores
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Sylvan flotsam
stranded ashore
still breath
fresh dawn.
Mylene Warman is a principal policy adviser with the SA Department for Education in its Early Years & Child Development Division. Married with two tertiary-aged sons, she has lived at Adelaide’s West Beach for the past 30 years, arriving there from Queensland via Darwin. Her extended family is spread across Australia, and times such as Christmas are cherished for reunions and celebration. West Beach, she says, is a suburb that has a village feel and strong sense of community. While normally calm, it can be otherwise, and it is such a changing sea and sky Mylene says that has inspired her poem today.