by Kylie Harris<\/p>\n\n\n\n
thick gold hangs low against cerulean blue
light spills as day lingers soft and strong
warmth teases where winter still lingers
in wind\u2019s slow exhale
scuffed corners on the cooler red and white
cradles last summer\u2019s sand
tucked into crannies where tide couldn\u2019t reach
older than remembered
photograph kissed by sun
colors bleached edges softened by time
old stories drift smoke swirls above grill
laughter of summers now forgotten
steam curl slow ribbons
dirty rag damp with brine and smoke
clings to oysters fresh from the boat
cajun spice lingers thick in air
lemon butter citrus stings cuts
hand squeeze motion remembered in bone
muscle memory passed through fish fried porch talk
mothers with delicately cracked hands
shell pops open with steam unfurling
warm cluster and saltine press
against the lip
too eager to dress
oysters ripe in rippling water
seasoned by a cold current
tide\u2019s rhythm stitched to soul
memory woven by oceanic hush<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kylie Harris is a graduate teaching assistant in the Master of Arts in Writing program at Coastal Carolina University. A native of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, her writing reflects a deep nostalgia for the coastal South, exploring how memory, family, and shoreline traditions shape one\u2019s sense of belonging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Kylie Harris thick gold hangs low against cerulean bluelight spills as day lingers soft and strongwarmth teases where winter still lingersin wind\u2019s slow exhale scuffed corners on the cooler red and whitecradles last summer\u2019s sandtucked into crannies where tide couldn\u2019t reacholder than remembered photograph kissed by suncolors bleached edges softened by timeold stories drift smoke swirls above grilllaughter of summers now forgotten steam curl slow ribbonsdirty rag damp with brine and smokeclings to oysters fresh from the boatcajun spice lingers thick in air lemon butter citrus stings cutshand squeeze motion remembered in bonemuscle memory passed through fish fried porch talkmothers with delicately cracked hands shell pops open with steam unfurlingwarm cluster and saltine pressagainst the liptoo eager to dress oysters ripe in rippling waterseasoned by a cold currenttide\u2019s rhythm stitched to soulmemory woven by oceanic hush Kylie Harris is a graduate teaching assistant in the Master of Arts in Writing program at Coastal Carolina University. A native of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, her writing reflects a deep nostalgia for the coastal South, exploring how memory, family, and shoreline traditions shape one\u2019s sense of belonging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issue-18-2025"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}