Andrea Cohen
Seaside
Before the day at the beach,
we scouted out the day
at the beach, because
nothing happens without
planning, because we had
to plant the sand and
the idea of happiness.
We had to haul in
the water. All our
pleasures were forays
into wilds, were carry
in and out––like
our bodies, which
glistened, and were gone.
Andrea Cohen’s sixth poetry collection, Nightshade, will be out in 2019. Recent books include Unfathoming and Furs Not Mine. Cohen directs the Blacksmith House Poetry Series in Cambridge, MA, and the Writers House at Merrimack College.