AprPAD — Day 6

ai image seagull flying over the sea with white cliffs in the background

THE GULL

in flight

white cliffs,
wheeling heights,
horizons loosening
at their edges

he is a shipful of sky

wings swept clean
by a lick of salt

he watches

waves
fold into themselves

Written for Writers’ Digest Poem-a-Day Challenge for April 2026. Prompt word: water

One response to “AprPAD — Day 6”

  1. Beachy Head & the Seven Sisters… one of my favorite places to fly.

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