Driftwood Beach

With the red clay soil of central Georgia behind me
I watch the coastal grasslands extending to the sea

Anxiously awaiting the upcoming blue ribbon of the ocean
Where I’m always mesmerized by its entrancing motion

The eastern shore of Jekyll Island is home to a driftwood beach
It stretches out much further than my poor eyes can reach

Live Oaks and their deep dark wood once stood here colossal
But the constant sea and blazing sun turned them into fossils

To Mother Nature’s genius, I am grateful and inspired
Transforming mundane objects into something quite admired

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My poem in response to Linda Kruschke’s Paint Chip Poetry Challenge Prompt #28. The challenge is to write a poem in response to the prompt. The theme for today is I am grateful and the challenge is to use all seven of these paint chips words and phrases: blazing sun, blue ribbon, fossil, red clay, grassland, deep dark wood, and driftwood. Bonus points if you can write your poem in rhyming couplets.

See more of my Paint Chip Poetry.