Jersey Shore Magazine

j e r s e y s h o r e • F A L L / H O L I D A Y 2 0 1 7 97 POETRY Indian Summer When we first came, flags of every color snapped in bright wind. A scent of charcoal and faint, sweet odor of horse manure lingered in the grass. We drove stakes into the heart of the field, but there were no vampires here. Late fall. Children danced their ways through a thousand games. A cobbled-clouded sky held promises— rockets, kites—even of the sun itself. After games, a calming down came as the dark grew around us. We slept on our own breath. Fog lifted from grass, stream and lake, feathered through the spaces in our conversations, the bongs of WABC and into the darkest tent. Lanterns flickered at it. We hunched before all that staring into the campfire, stirring our coffee and minds. When we woke—coffee-stained, ground-weary— the fog gone, flags were raised and flapping again. Outside our tents, a thousand arrows of dew pierced our eyes. —Frank Finale Subscribe and Bring the Jersey Shore into Your Home All Year-Round! Our five publications cover Ocean and Monmouth Counties— everything from Sandy Hook to Long Beach Island! THREE WAYS TO SUBSCRIBE: Call Toll-Free: 888-22-SHORE (888-227-4673) Order Online: www.jerseyshorevacation.com By Mail: Send your check or credit card info to: Jersey Shore Publications P.O. Box 176, Bay Head, NJ 08742-0176 Only $19.95 Your "Jersey Shore" subscription will include: JERSEY SHORE Magazine (spring and fall/holiday issues); JERSEY SHORE Vacation Magazine (summer issue); JERSEY SHORE Vacation Map (summer issue); LONG BEACH ISLAND Vacation Guidebook & Map (summer issue). T hey are full of beautiful, full-color artwork and photography as well articles and guides to the Jersey Shore featuring Places To Go & Things To Do, Events Calendars, Attractions & Activities, Theatre & Entertainment, Historic Sites & Museums, Beaches, Parks & Recreation Areas, Public Golf Courses, Accommodations, Shopping, Art & Antiques, Dining Out, Real Estate, and much more! Originally published in This Broken Shore, Coleridge Institute Press, Eatontown, NJ, 2017.

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