The bachelor seals come morning star and evening star
Alone and together one and another
Salt and tide
Wave upon wave sons of the daughters of the seven seas
Young and strong and
Reckless
Storming the shore from the black pebbled seas
Storming
They come
Wave upon wave salt and tide young and strong and reckless
Choking the sea-weeded shores rocky with blood and moon stones
Barking-; on the mad wind under
Heaven’s sky scarred hungry heavy with three legged dog stars
The old ones know
And wait fat and proud wait with their women fat and proud
Knowing
Knowing
The way of things
Hearing the roars mad roars wild howls on the winds the old ones fat and proud and knowing heave their chests over the rickety rookery fence
The rickety rookery fence rolling to black pebbled sea
Fat and proud they watch and wait and know
Know the way of things
The bachelor seals come alone and together
Salt and tide
Wave upon wave
Sons of the daughters of seven seas
Young and strong and
Reckless
Storming the shore
From the black pebbled sea walrus deep whale deep
The bachelor seals come
Sons of the daughters of the seven seas
Waiting for harvest
Author Bio:
M.F. Nagel was born in Alaska. Her Athabaskan and Eyak heritage has given her a love of poetry.
M.F. lives and writes near the banks of the Matanuska river in the Palmer Butte, among the moose, wild dog~ roses and cottonwood trees, drawing inspiration from her ancestors.
Alone and together one and another
Salt and tide
Wave upon wave sons of the daughters of the seven seas
Young and strong and
Reckless
Storming the shore from the black pebbled seas
Storming
They come
Wave upon wave salt and tide young and strong and reckless
Choking the sea-weeded shores rocky with blood and moon stones
Barking-; on the mad wind under
Heaven’s sky scarred hungry heavy with three legged dog stars
The old ones know
And wait fat and proud wait with their women fat and proud
Knowing
Knowing
The way of things
Hearing the roars mad roars wild howls on the winds the old ones fat and proud and knowing heave their chests over the rickety rookery fence
The rickety rookery fence rolling to black pebbled sea
Fat and proud they watch and wait and know
Know the way of things
The bachelor seals come alone and together
Salt and tide
Wave upon wave
Sons of the daughters of seven seas
Young and strong and
Reckless
Storming the shore
From the black pebbled sea walrus deep whale deep
The bachelor seals come
Sons of the daughters of the seven seas
Waiting for harvest
Author Bio:
M.F. Nagel was born in Alaska. Her Athabaskan and Eyak heritage has given her a love of poetry.
M.F. lives and writes near the banks of the Matanuska river in the Palmer Butte, among the moose, wild dog~ roses and cottonwood trees, drawing inspiration from her ancestors.
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