Lakefront, Cleveland

By Russell Atkins
so thunders sea

it gathers strength

summoned     ascends     huged up 
               then softs! 
curls up about rocks 
upcurls about thick 
about bold     curls up 
about it

then     dangerous ’d soft! 

sea gathers strength

summoned ASCENDS UPHUGED 
          over whatever’s round 
CRASHES !!!! 
curls up about rock 
upcurls about

at bold abruptly
curls about it 
               softs! 
dangerous ’d 

         so ’oft

         too soft almost 
summoned ASCENDS UPHUGED 
CRASHES!!!!

curls up about rock 
        softs
furious’d but soft 
      too soft    whist 
almost 
    WHOOM! whamming everywhere 
it gathers strength 
summoned ascends    huged up 
SPLASH about of bold

upcurls about rock

rocks about        impetuous’d!! 
curls 
     curls up about 
        softs 
dangerously 
too soft with a 
shudder
                                                                [Here In The, 1976]

Copyright Credit: Russell Atkins, "Lakefront, Cleveland" from World’d Too Much: The Selected Poetry of Russell Atkins, edited by Kevin Prufer and Robert E. McDonough. Copyright © 2019 by Russell Atkins.  Reprinted by permission of Cleveland State University Poetry Center.
Source: World’d Too Much: The Selected Poetry of Russell Atkins, edited by Kevin Prufer and Robert E. McDonough (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2019)