Myra Cohn Livingston The Mailibu and Other Poems, Atheneum: New York, 1972, 44 pp.
Grunion
The moon mentions
the grunion will be running;
time, she says, to catch them sppawing
silver sand;
time, she says, to slosh the beach,
wait for the tide;
time, she says, to wander the waves,
spill over, flail,
reach to the foam,
watch, wait
catch
catch
catch
(if you can)
p. 15
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