Dark back rises,
   slides into the swell,
      beneath a vapory plume.

Fox leaps from dune grass,
      a quick tail flick -
gone in ocean fog.

Keening wind,
hissing sand -
   the ocean is whispering....

Fog promenades,
   meandering
among
   beach walkers.

   Crashing waves
cannot compete
   with the sea lion chorus.

Smoke twines the salmon stick
in the freshening breeze:
   tide shift.

A single Baird's
seems a bit shy
      among all the Western Sandpipers.

Fog hugs the still bay -
   spruce tops poke above
   capturing the sun's first rays.

The harbor seal
      yawns sleepily,
            floating in still water.