Splash

I sit in golden gladness on the shore
on this – an early summer peaceful day.
Sun high in blue sky. Who could ask for more?
My toes are children! Happily they play
by wiggling down into the sun-kissed grains
of sand into which I have dug my feet.
Cool water of the ocean now ordains
I take my feet and give them a nice treat.
I run at waves – refreshment rolling fast!
My feet, splish-splashing – leap! And the minutes fly.
If only I could make this feeling last.
I’d bottle it! When grey days happened by,
I’d splash it on! Now back to the dry land,
I run to plunge my toes again in sand.

June 4, 2020
for the Splash Contest of Kai Michael Neumann
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Horne Avatar
June 21, 2020 at 2:16 PM
love this beautiful nostalgic but playful sonnet
Watt Avatar
June 8, 2020 at 2:12 AM
Super splashy sonnet of sunny summer skies, sand and surf. Sounds like my kind of day!
Krutsinger Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 6:58 AM
This poem makes a giant splash in my mind. Well done! Bravo. Fun - loved the "toes as children".
Laurie Avatar
June 5, 2020 at 11:31 PM
Hello Andrea … I've wrote this a number of times, but truly, your sonnets are something special - thanks again Andrea - Lindsay
Cunningham Avatar
June 5, 2020 at 12:56 PM
Nothing beats that, blue sky, golden sand. Well written Andrea. Tom
Theraven Avatar
June 4, 2020 at 11:08 PM
Andrea, Thoroughly enjoyed this poem and Summer by the sea and sand. If only you could bottle up the days. Now which little piggy went Wee, wee, wee, all the way home? -Richard
Dietrich Avatar
June 5, 2020 at 4:48 PM
the one that got wettest!
Marcum Wong Avatar
June 4, 2020 at 5:47 PM
You have described what my grandkids love doing best Andrea. I loved your charming entry I am hoping does great in the contest. xxoo
May Avatar
June 4, 2020 at 5:39 PM
Nothing like a splash in the sea, Very nicely penned Andrea..
De Beaulieu Avatar
June 4, 2020 at 5:18 PM
Hello Andrea, you made me feel like I was jumping the waves with you. Ah! That felt good!! Enjoy your evening my friend.
Pandit Avatar
June 4, 2020 at 5:14 PM
Great imagery you painted under a blue sky--splashing in ocean, Andrea. A lovely write this is.
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