Caren Stuart
Eventide
When surfing on swirls of purple/gray cloud swell,
a round, white moonbloom blossoms
and a large copper coin of sun slips down
the far edge of a ribbon of turquoise sky
and the dark blue chalk line of distant horizon
blurs as the copper coin melts and spreads
a puddle of embers, burnt siennas, rust reds
and smudges the seam joining ocean and sky,
there's magic here in these moments when
from somewhere within a churning yearning
waves rise up and furl, unfurl and I
am small but I rise
up and furl,
unfurl, unfurl.
Bio
Caren Stuart is an award-winning poet/writer/artist/maker and a lifelong North Carolinian who joyfully lives in the wilds of Chatham County with her very supportive husband and cat. She's the sole proprietor of "convoluted notions" which allows her to dream up, create, and sell her one of a kind pieces of art and craft. She's a frequent organizer of and attendee at all manner of artsy and writerly events. Her writing has most recently appeared in Kakalak 2020, moonShine review, and the Poems of The Heron Clan anthology.