Fragments

Fragments

Smooth, weathered edges 
tease my fingertips into fidgeting,
braille-like, their story unclear.

Imagine them drifting for decades, 
tumbling, turning,
grinding through waters warm and cold,

shapeshifting beer bottles and soda glass,
poisons, mason jars, and ink;
remains washed ashore.

Kelly greens and seagrass,
cobalt, aqua, cornflower,
turquoise and translucent whites;

treasures collected by
Grandma and Grandpa, strolling sunsets,
beachcombing side by side.

Maybe that's the story: years of love
and companionship
along Michigan and Florida shores.

by Margaret Bednar, April 9, 2019

My daughter Chelsea has made a few jewelry pieces from these fragments - she designed this (mandala?) on the Grandparents deck which I thought was beautiful.

Here is a website that sells Sea Glass jewelry... it has a blog connected to it as well. Sea Glass Jewelry by Jane

The Grandparents (my husband's parents) collection would partly be "beach glass" as it was collected along Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes.  But they also spent time in Florida, so sea glass is correct as well.

This is linked with "Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Tuesday Platform"

Also linked with "NaPoWriMo" - National Poetry Month, a celebration of poetry which takes place each April, was introduced in 1996 and is organized by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States.