Maine Haiku

by Sally Cobau


I used to think life
shimmered in one bold moment:
riding the moon’s tides

Now I want much less:
sea grass instead of sea glass,
mussels, purple, sand


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Sally Cobau is a writer/teacher/hiker/yoga practitioner from a tiny town in southwest Montana. She's had work published in the Sun, Ekphrastic Review, rattle, Room magazine, and other journals. She also publishes photography and occasional poems on her Instagram account: sallycobau1. When she's not writing, she's hiking the wild mountains in her hometown. She also dreams of the ocean...