{"id":1450,"date":"2012-12-01T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/?page_id=1450"},"modified":"2024-08-28T15:25:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T19:25:00","slug":"song-of-the-scotch-bonnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/song-of-the-scotch-bonnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Scotch Bonnet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
We find you coiled on yourself,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A clef note left in the sand,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We find you abandoned, an empty case<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Which once held chords and organs,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The melody of a hidden life.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Years ago, you composed<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Your movements to the rhythm<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Of the earth’s fleshy core,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The pulse felt deep beneath the seafloor.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We press your hollow chambers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n To our ears, and still hear each note rise<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n And fall, a body of music<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A chorus of lost voices.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This article was published in the Winter 2012<\/a> issue of Coastwatch.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n