O BECKONING SHORE

"O Beckoning Shore," Montana BLACK spray paint, papercut paint chip sample, and iridescent calligraphy ink on 4" x 6" watercolor postcard.

One of the cards I sent out as part of my "O Eschaton" series of poems for the 2021 Poetry Postcard Fest.

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O BECKONING SHORE

O Beckoning Shore, ever-shifting line
separating sand from sea

calling the prophets from their homelands
as refugees to proclaim judgment.

Hiding the reefs and shoals that bite
at the hulls of ships, snack on rudders—

testing the likes of the Apostle Paul
with shipwreck upon shipwreck

in attempts to carve our new histories
from the oceans of old.

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All artwork and poems by Troy Kehm-Goins © 2021 Troy's Work Table Publishing.