We were empty of distance
and held tight to the sweet
silence between us
This coast is filled with
exiled light
I said
It's what holds beauty
to everything that others
have cast aside
she said
And when we left the car
the light coming off the ocean
seemed to be everywhere
Beau Beausoleil is a poet and activist based in San Francisco, California. His most recent book of poetry is called War News II (12/9/23 - 6/3/24), which consists of daily poems responding to the genocidal war in Gaza, published in 2025 by fmsbw press in San Francisco. Forthcoming is a poetry chapbook with art by Nanilee Robarge called, Poet as Naturalist, from Raven and Wren Press, in San Francisco. .
