Wave
Benevolent, on summer days,
sandcastle-moat-maker,
sandwich-splasher,
surfboard-carrier,
tiny-toes-tickler,
rock-pool-filler,
shell-bringer,
fun-giver.
Malevolent, on stormy days,
rearing like a startled horse,
head curved to strike
like a hooded snake,
boat-splinterer,
bone-crusher,
ship-wrecker,
cliff-eroder.
sandcastle-moat-maker,
sandwich-splasher,
surfboard-carrier,
tiny-toes-tickler,
rock-pool-filler,
shell-bringer,
fun-giver.
Malevolent, on stormy days,
rearing like a startled horse,
head curved to strike
like a hooded snake,
boat-splinterer,
bone-crusher,
ship-wrecker,
cliff-eroder.
This poem is copyright (©) Jenni Wyn Hyatt 2023

About the Writer
Jenni Wyn Hyatt
Jenni Wyn Hyatt was born in Maesteg, Wales in 1942 and started writing poetry in her late sixties. She usually writes for adults, her subjects including nature, family, her garden, injustice and inequality, but makes occasional forays into humorous verse and writing for children. She has been published in journals and anthologies, produced two poetry collections and was responsible for the translation work in a recent book about Hedd Wyn, posthumous winner of the Chair in the 1917 National Eisteddfod.