Tsunami, December 2004
So much bitters and sugar
Dissolved with the salt of the sea
Sticks, stones, names
Pummeled
Baptism surely in the ways of the world
Oh, the risen tide of weeping
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Feature photo: Buddhist shrine along Sri Lanka’s southwestern coast survived the 2004 tsunami. (Larry Luxner)
Dan Cuddy (1944-2025) served for many years as an editor of the Loch Raven Review. Prior to that, Dan was a contributing editor with the Maryland Poetry Review, and with Lite: Baltimore’s Literary Newspaper. Dan was published in many small magazines over the years, e.g. NEBO, Antioch Review, Connecticut River Review and online at Praxilla, The Potomac, and L‘Allure des Mots. His book of poems “Handprint On The Window” was published by Three Conditions Press.