Saltworks

an ekphrastic challenge by The Ekphrastic Review

Marais Salant N7 by Delphine Derobert Masure
(ekphrastic challenge by The Ekphrastic Review)

Saltworks 

Near Guérande, 
marsh’s tang perfumes  
the locale     A hint 
of metallic, sharp and clean

Ponds salt up as water 
recedes     The ghosts
of my brethren thick here
guarding this land
for two thousand years
My home.