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Where Footprints Should Fear To Tread

Before dawn, I take my walk along the shoreline… but who?

Harry Hogg
Poetry Playground

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Image: Author — Mendocino surf

At dawn I start the day’s first walk
Footprints lead ahead of me
Who dares to stride upon my shore
Before I’ve drank my tea

I went at noon the next day
I didn’t start out all alone
The dogs came chasing after me
By evening we were home

That evening beside my footprints
Matching stride for stride
Heading all the way to sunset
Were walking at my side

Midnight beneath the moon
It shining down so bright
I set out with my dogs
Toward Arena’s lighthouse light

No more the stranger’s footprints
The lighthouse sent a warning
Don’t tread upon my shore
Before the sun’s up in the morning

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Harry Hogg
Poetry Playground

Ex Greenpeace, writing since a teenager. Will be writing ‘Lori Tales’ exclusively for JK Talla Publishing in the Spring of 2025