Marian Redglass
Longboat Key Beach
Behold the Coquinas.
The jewels that bury themselves
Fleeing the sparkling whip
Into the wet sand below.
Gazing up from gold
They watch,
The foam rushes in like cloud cover
And leaves with the tinkling
Of shells.
Marian Redglass graduated with a degree in Biology and a Minor in Chemistry from Southern Connecticut State University in the Spring of 2011. It was in the fall/winter of that same year that she interned at the MOTE Aquarium and Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, to assist in the study of Karenia brevis, a dinoflagellate responsible for what is commonly referred to as "Red Tide." She often frequented the Long Boat Key public beach after her work for sunset walks in the waves. It was during these peregrinations that she was bitten by the poetry bug and composed the poem published in this issue.
Longboat Key Beach
Behold the Coquinas.
The jewels that bury themselves
Fleeing the sparkling whip
Into the wet sand below.
Gazing up from gold
They watch,
The foam rushes in like cloud cover
And leaves with the tinkling
Of shells.
Marian Redglass graduated with a degree in Biology and a Minor in Chemistry from Southern Connecticut State University in the Spring of 2011. It was in the fall/winter of that same year that she interned at the MOTE Aquarium and Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, to assist in the study of Karenia brevis, a dinoflagellate responsible for what is commonly referred to as "Red Tide." She often frequented the Long Boat Key public beach after her work for sunset walks in the waves. It was during these peregrinations that she was bitten by the poetry bug and composed the poem published in this issue.