Marjorie Buettner
The Distant Shore
My body like an ancient mariner is locked in gaze with that distant shore. I feel the movement steadily propelling me forward or backward I cannot tell. And the life I cannot lead anymore seeps from me as if from a dying animal, eyes clouding over into obscurity.
morning fog the quiet ringing within silence
About the Author
Marjorie Buettner has two books of poetry published by Red Dragonfly Press: Seeing it Now (Haiku and Tanka) and Some Measure of Existence (haibun) which won the Haiku Society of America book award. She lives in Chisago City, Minnesota.