ALL GREEN, STANDING OUT ALONE, THE TRANQUILITY,
SURROUNDED, BY OCEAN, A SPECK, AMID SEA.
WAVES, SLOW, LAPPING SOUNDS, WHITE BEACH,
SAND, SHELTERED COVE, STORMS, CAN’T REACH.
FRUIT, COCONUTS, MANY PALMS, MAJESTIC, SWAYING,
BANANAS, LARGE BUNCHES, IN GREEN, YELLOW STRAYING.
A SOUND, QUIET ROAR, FARTHER IN, DEEP FOILAGE,
A MOUNT, CASCADING WATERFALL, OFF LEDGE.
COMPETITION, MUSICAL CHORUS, TWITTERING, MANY BIRDS,
BRILLIANT COLORS, FLASHES, SINGING, WITHOUT WORDS.
NO HANDS, UNDEFILED, AN ISLAND, NATURAL STATE,
MANS’ FOOT, UNTRODDEN, PURE, AS GOD CREATE.
1995 BY WAYNE J. WAGAR
