Filigreed spindrift is swept back.
Crashing waves storm the shore
and foam the rocks of lava black.
Filigreed spindrift is swept back.
Raging water leaves no track.
A gale to match our ocean lore.
Filigreed spindrift is swept back.
Crashing waves storm the shore.
Lorraine Jeffery earned her bachelor's degree in English and her MLIS in library science, and managed public libraries in Texas, Ohio and Utah for over twenty years. She has won poetry prizes in state and national contests and has published over fifty poems in various publications, including Clockhouse, Kindred, Calliope, Ibbetson Street, and Rockhurst Review. She has published short stories in War Cry, The Standard and Segullah. Her articles have appeared in Focus on the Family, Mature Years, and Utah's Senior Review, as well as other publications. Her mystery novel will be released in May of 2015. She is the mother of ten children (eight adopted) and currently lives with her husband in Orem, Utah.
