Peggys Cove

“The Lighthouse lifts its massive masonry,
  A pillar of fire by night, of cloud by day…

...A speechless wrath, that rises and subsides
  In the white lip and tremor of the face…”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Lighthouse

PEGGY’S COVE

horizon above Peggy’s Cove:
altocumulus tangerine and larimar,
depth of beauty and lemonade.

whisper of lighthouse, “come closer…”
small signage warns of romantic death.

seal not your fate —
keep your toes
aloof wet rock.

sweep of the waves
on a stormy night
the wanton call
of sirens’ sway

the boulders in a hurricane ~
a host of angels
vigilant

10/29/2020

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020



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Date: 10/30/2020 3:23:00 AM
Lovely poem and I love all poems with a lighthouse. ~~
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/30/2020 7:23:00 AM
I loved Peggy’s cove! Thank you!
Date: 10/29/2020 1:21:00 PM
- I had to Google ... Peggy's Cove ... I never heard of this place ... there was a lot to read about ... a really beautiful and peaceful place ... I can well understand it is close to your heart ... thank you very much for you aroused my curiosity for the place with your beautiful poem, Kim :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/29/2020 3:21:00 PM
We visited last year. We were supposed to go back in September but then Covid...
Date: 10/29/2020 11:11:00 AM
Hello Kim, thank you for the memories of Peggy's Cove. I still rmemeber it today. A beautiful area. One day I would like to visit it again. Enjoy your day my friend. Hugs.
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Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 10/29/2020 3:15:00 PM
Hello Kim, we will wave to each other. Hugs Darlene hugs.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/29/2020 11:31:00 AM
Me too! I’ll wave just in case your there. You can wave back ;) hugs...Kim
Date: 10/29/2020 10:05:00 AM
With well chosen words you paint a fascinating picture, Kim. Excellent imagery..very fine writing! Enjoyed this! :)
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/29/2020 11:30:00 AM
Thank you, Laura! :)
Date: 10/29/2020 9:54:00 AM
This is so dramatic, Kim, in its ominous warning and imagery - "keep your toes aloof." It does resound with the "siren's call." Very well done and in the same spirit as Longfellow. Stay well and safe.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/29/2020 11:29:00 AM
Thank you! Inspired by the best!
Date: 10/29/2020 9:46:00 AM
Amazing write, you certainly have a very unique way of writing poetry, your poems are imagination driven and soul driven, and thus you create poetic gems. Hugs and blessings, Kim.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/29/2020 11:29:00 AM
You’ve made my day! Thank you, Jennifer!
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