Concert at Sea
written by: Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
Pelicans dancing
with the wind
a choir of seagulls
rehearse around the
prehistoric pelecanids
Fish do-si-do inside
vibrant colored schools
beneath waves rolling shoreward
tinged with green and blue
topped with foamy white crests
Boats skim chaotic
across the surface
disrupting the pelicans
silencing the seagulls
and scattering the twirling fish
The wake sprints across the bay
a tsunami that passes
with each racing water vehicle
breaking the well-rehearsed
concert of nature for a time
Pelicans return in force
their dance enhanced
by the fish jumping
to escape the tsunami
threatening to swallow them
Only to be swallowed
by the pelicans and seagulls
diving head-strong
into the whirling
swirling depths below
Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris lives in Southport, NC, USA. She is a twice published poet in Cameron Art Museum’s Writers Respond to Art Program and was awarded the Certificate of Completion for completing the 2021 - 24 Hour Poetry Marathon. Her poem Wheels was published in the 2021 - 24 Hour Poetry Marathon Anthology. Ami writes flash fiction, short stories, creative non-fiction and fiction as well as poetry. Her short story, Conversations With My Neighbor is published in the anthology, Trouble, by Daniel Boone Publishing. Ami recently completed her first chapbook of poetry titled Reflections - Of A Woman’s Life. She has written two stage plays to date and is currently working on completing her second action/adventure/romance preternatural novel. Ami is a member in good standing with NCWN (North Carolina Writer’s Network) and WSW (Winston-Salem Writer’s).She is a contributing member of several local and out of state writers groups. Ami is known to her closest friends and relatives as Gypsie.
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