Point Lobos
We leaked out
to a world of choppy water,
and stood
tall on a scarp
watching the waves surge,
rain spray
until the sea dropped
back and away
and even though
we were bereft,
even though
we were washed out
we became salt and air.
Theresa Hamman is a poet from La Grande, Oregon. Her poems can be found in the following: The Tower Journal, Oregon East, basalt, The Paddock Review, Red Savina Reviewand Nailed. She holds an MFA in poetry from Eastern Oregon University and is currently in the process of earning her MA in Literature from Mercy College in New York. Her poetry chapbook All Those Lilting Tongues was published by Finishing Line Press in September, 2018.
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