Dorothea Barth Musician and WriterElegant Violin Music for your Wedding or Special EventCeltic Sheet Music Arrangements
Original CompositionsPoetry and Prose

by Dorothea Barth ©2009

In artful haven by the sea evolve
Those therapeutic secrets, healing’s lore
Alone, outside, no sadness seeks resolve
The gentle reborn dunes stretch far before;

Too late to bloom, but silver sagewort stand,
Botanical enablers’ binding glues,
Stalwart guards to tame the windblown sand,
As white-crowned sparrow greets uncommon goose;

Some yellow sand verbena I mistook
For old invading iceplant that once reigned,
Beleaguered dunes their native life forsook,
A healing turn, a habitat regained;

In redwood rooms communication thrives
In sculpted dunes the stillness now arrives.

Asilomar was published in the 2010 issue of Yale University's SAGE Magazine.