Midnight
and the ocean
pounds its military cadence
on the sand

Gloom
ravishes the empty house,
coldly strips off lukewarm

WRITTEN ON SHAKESPEARE CLIFF, DOVER
(The setting for Gloucester's attempted suicide in King Lear Act 4 scene 6)

When the tide's

High tide

As I am a widow of the sea.

As my heart rides the winds of the open sea.

I carry awaiting signs from the oceans

Beside the ocean
Under the moon
Through the water
Beyond the blue
There, I stand

Beside myself
Under hypnosis of the crashing

La Mouette

In the bay at anchor lies a ship
Her masts proud and straight against the clouds
The clink of rigging breaks the