ColumbiaMagazine.com
Printed from:

Welcome to Columbia Magazine  
 





































 
Phillip Coffey - Upper Shore

Upper Shore - by Phillip Coffey

Upper crest Northern fowls fly southward on Silver wings
To escape the upcoming percieved, cold Winter scowls.
Layered deep in troubles so, of sedimentary from ridges
Of Sandstone, Clay, and Limestone through much
Silty Delta Loams to sunny skies galore.


What lures the Brine solution of the sea to the sandy beaches
To meet and greet the runoff of the Appalachian hill fields?
Is it the shared tales of eons long ago when leaving the rough terrain
And rock crevices- now foreign to all of us now among the living?

Maybe it is the stories chosen about treasures lost -never
Found of of the lost records of the Ancient Shipwrecked core.

Put on the jacket quickly ; The rapidity of the breeze with blowing
Sand awakens him, but briskly upon him is coming toward his
Barren feet-discharged seaweed -the white caps arising from the deep.

Now he sits loathing and longing for the moment he soon will be leaving
Going to the foothills of Kentucky not ever really being sound.


This story was posted on 2023-07-08 09:41:34
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know.



 

































 
 
Quick Links to Popular Features


Looking for a story or picture?
Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com.

 

Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728.
Phone: 270.403.0017


Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.