On of the places I camped while on vacation was in Redwoods National Park’s Nickel Creek primitive campground, less than 100 yards from the ocean, the night of Aug. 3. The glow of a late-night moon seen on that beach, along with a foggy sunrise the next morning, prompted the following extended haiku poem.
REDWOOD BEACHES
Redwood coastal beach
Is serene in moonlight glow
Peaceful, quiet night.
People sleep above
Lulled by crashing breaker roar
Sea-sound lullaby.
Morning comes anew
World wakens as sun rises
Reveals diff’rent beach.
The creamy breakers
Salmon-glow in early morn
With foggy sunlight.
Last-look lingering,
Loath to leave, a parting glance,
I hike up the hill.
Stop and shoulder-glance,
A last trinket of mem’ry
Turn back, trudge once more.
With mem’ry secured,
Painted, not photographic
The essence remains.
— August 8, 2006
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