By Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Mission Beach
The boardwalk
wakes to surfers
slipping out of morning swells
window washers
wiping away coastal haze
In Belmont Park
workers inspect
the 90-year-old Dipper
Laminated waves of wood
plunge 70 feet above Mission Beach
into twisting turns
foaming:
Dunes
soon staggering summer tourists
upside down
strawberry margarita sunsets
dive bars swilling Motown music
Rings of fire
toss one lover into another
ocean
whirling bands of moonlight:
Slivers of grunion
running onto sand
Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes was born and raised in San Diego, California. He attended Herbert Hoover High School and went on to study Religion and Theology at the University of San Diego. His book Intimate Geography, published by Ragged Sky Press, won the 2012 San Diego Book Award for Poetry. Ish, as he is known, has also written lyrics for German musicians Andrea Hörkens and Thomas Roderburg (Tender Art).
Latest posts by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (see all)
- Word’s Out | Geo-Poetic Spaces - December 14, 2018
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