Soft Landings Finale
By Mel Senator
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Mel Senator
Mel Senator is the author of Catskill Summers (2000), Reflections in Haiku (2006), Soft Landings in Poetry (2009) and Soft Landings in Poetry 2 (2011). He is an adjunct professor of American history and teacher education. Mr. Senator and his wife, Shelly, enjoy hiking and biking the shores and marshes along the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. They spend summers at their home on Cape Cod near the National Seashore.
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Contents
first memory
inaction again
pacific winter in late afternoon
the dead on vacation
the bicycle as healer
@butterfly beach in wind
the surfers
uncertainties
to prozac
todays noise
windblown
anticipation
@gaviota beach approach
the wonder of it
the bay at low tide
the fishing boat dream baby
the dear one
the plank bridge at nauset marsh
the birthday message
6 snippets
heavy weather
incoming tide
morning frost afternoon sun
through the diamond fence
the sea alive
mind meanderings on a beach
time wonders
nuked
mist
interlude by a pond
about dad
of shorebirds & small creatures
19 lives
the hunt at low tide
wind music
of seals a dune & a surfer
unhelpful thinking seizes the am
revisiting the dream baby
what happened did i say that
autumn ride circa 77
feeling the day
its here near
peeps at the harbor
4 fishing boats
poem abc
haze on a z pac
possibilities
reflection in a mirror
a perfect moment
persona non grata
mysterious sea birds
the blues
winter wind & sun
danger at low tide
imagining at the beach
death rides faster
ft hill stroll
searches & sightings
nymph lake hike
silence interrupted
changes
looking back
hendrys beach p m
Also by Mel Senator
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Reflections in Haiku
Soft Landings in Poetry
Soft Landings in Poetry 2
Acknowledgements
To Susan Senator, thank you for reading the manuscript, for the depth of criticism and for your kind, thoughtful, consistent encouragement. I appreciate your special interest in the book and the discussions we had about its content, meaning. Thank you for writing