Cavendish Beach, PEI

Whitecaps gleam as mountain
tops and shuttling ahead ocean
sweeps shoreline flat

as a beaver’s tail

clams, coloured stones, driftwood
surfing in on high tide.

Bathers in designer swimsuits
watch from spreading towels,
sizzling beach a natural hazard

boardwalk drums an avalanche
of feet, visitors anxious
for ocean’s view

a fleet of sailboats, seagulls,
sky; snapshots of activity.

© Richard L. Provencher