unsettling shipwrecked bones
stark in the shadows of oaks
 

snow piled upon spectral ribs
and thinned grayed vertebrae 
 
a curved hull sits unskinned
exposed now raw to weather

 
structures waned through tidal
origins in a shipyard long lost

they struggled weighted by the  
labors of berth and christening

journeys unknown retold only
within echoed nocturnal tales
 
of a storm that tossed her here
to rest within a silent torment
 
and soon among soft scented
breezes over flowers of spring

Andy Perrin is a cyclist, writer, photographer and teacher from southern Rhode Island. His writing and photography have been published by a wide variety of print and digital journals and magazines. Andy was recently nominated for a Best of the Net 2024 award in the category of art for his photography, as well as being nominated for a 2024 Pushcart Prize for his poetry.