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The SHELL
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The SHELL |
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Auguste 
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea 
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The Shell by Michael Washed upon sands, stranded by receding tide, a shell. I walked the beach that morning, watching as the sun broke over the ocean, spreading crimson light and turning the waters to fire. There, half buried, was a tiny conch. Pink and tinged with green, I marveled at its design. I always have. A conch is my favorite type of shell. In my saltwater aquarium is an old conch, a foot or more in length. The fish often use it as a home. This tiny conch would take fifty or more years to reach that size. Walking to the waters edge, I gently placed the shell in the wet sand. Sure enough, within a minute it began moving, inhabited by a tiny hermit crab with a large blue claw. I watched in fascination as the small crab made its way back into the sea. Michael Auguste~ |
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Decaflame Senior Member
since 2001-05-11
Posts 1635 |
It still lives then, in providing homes for those that require them.... a lovely story.... and the imagery was....pearlescent.... |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
vivid imagery every body needs a home, right glad you helped the crab with his I'd love to see your foot-long conch, it must sound like a HUGE ocean |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
wonderfully done...enjoyed this a great deal.. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I liked the theme of cycles undercurrent in this...returning to whence we came. Enjoyed this much, Michael!  |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
a picture well told my friend. . . your images are always so wonderful. . . ----------------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Michael--This is a lovely piece of time...painted with such perfect strokes. |
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SEA
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Michael~ this is beautiful.....I had a similar experience in Florida....loved it....loved this |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I've walked the Pacific shores, and the Gulf of Florida's Tampa Bay...I bring more shells home than an average tourist, and now I know why.... shells are our beginnings.... |
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magnolia Junior Member
since 2001-05-05
Posts 16 |
A lovely little poem.. about one of God's creations, small but amazing.. Well Done... Magnolia |
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