And I’m back on the beach again, where I find sand, driftwood, pebbles, crabs, seaweed … but surely there’s more than that? It’s a magical world of possibility …
FAR AWAY BEACH 
strayed into fairy places
of cobweb skirts and green wings
where spells sing
and evening ripples through seaweed
I, enchanted by idleness
watch hanging gardens shed dew
on barnacled palaces
where paths thread cowled bays
small folk parley with waves
and win foam for their crowns
clouds wisp my eyes 
as I peer into shells
to watch hermits
in water and weed
I touch nothing –
the breath of magic
touches me
first published in The Catbird Seat
Those Blue Shoes for ages 7-11 … Weston’s … skill in juggling time past with time present … the plot unfolds with fast-paced action, mystery, suspense and even a ghost. Joan Givner
