Like the tide by DS Maolalai

the doppler of traffic  

on a quiet 

sunday morning 

washes through sunrise 

like a seashore 

and the twisting 

of shells. cars approach 

in the distance –  

the tide coming  

inward. they go past 

like waves breaking 

and the tide 

going out. 

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DS Maolalai has been nominated eight times for Best of the Net and five times for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry has been released in two collections, "Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden" (Encircle Press, 2016) and "Sad Havoc Among the Birds" (Turas Press, 2019)