[Poetry] Two Poems by Frank William Finney

Crab Trap

(for Jackie Bastian)

Sand in our sandals.

Two sirens in tow.

One warm summer evening.

The stars all aglow.

We paired off in the dunes

at the foot of the bay

and woke up the next morning

with the catch of the day.

Summertide

The ride was rough

but the landing smooth.

The campfire’s burning

bright.

We’ll strum guitars

under the stars

and sleep on the sand

by the sea tonight.

Frank William Finney is a poet and former university lecturer from Massachusetts. His poems appear in many international journals, magazines, and anthologies in print and online. A Joint Winner of The Letter Review Prize for Poetry, he is the author of the chapbook The Folding of the Wings (Finishing Line Press, 2022) and two collections published in Thailand.