James, a retired professor and octogenarian, is a pushcart and best of web nominee, and his poems were chosen for inclusion in The 100 Best Poems Anthologies of 2016, 2015 & 2014. He has published 3 collections of poetry,  “The Silent Pond” (2012), “Ancient Rhythms,” (2014), and  “LIGHT,” (2016), and over 950 poems in hundreds of magazines and anthologies. His fourth collection of poetry will be released in 2017.

 

The Burning Sea

The raucous splatter of
Burning waves
Upon crimson sand, the
Smoldering
Polluted tide
Entering…leaving
The squalid shore…
Oh vulgar hand of careless man
That takes the earth’s breath away,
Do not make the pristine sea
Disappear from my
Aging, and fading eyes!

*Previously Publish by Tower Journal

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