Summer Sails

Clouds floating on a celestial sea,
                                  headed for exotic places, beyond imagination,
                                                  drifting aimlessly.

                                    Their lofty sails puffed like pillows,
                                               catch the wily wind,
                                         that gently poses and billows.

                                       Slowly, transforming, creating a disguise,
                                             becoming cats and rabbits, 
                                                 and dragons that fly.

                                  Stealthy and reticent, helmed at a steady pace,
                                    the sun in the east, the wind at their back,
                                              sailing, in beauty and grace.



Title revised on June 10, 2022: "Summer Sails"
Published in "The Journal", Early Summer edition 2022
("The Journal"is a publication serving Upper Delaware Region, Pa,, N.J. and N.Y.)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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George   Avatar
October 15, 2020 at 11:18 AM
You have captured a September sky perfectly. Thank you for sharing, and congratulations on becoming a premium member. I look forward to seeing you post more poems. ~ Elaine
Hawkens Avatar
April 18, 2020 at 12:27 PM
This poem is beautifully penned. I love the description of the clouds as sails. Remarkable imagery here.
Inman Avatar
October 16, 2017 at 9:03 AM
Ah, Paulette, to be one of those clouds. You've created a yearning in me.
Calasibetta Avatar
October 16, 2017 at 9:54 AM
How nice....glad I could invoke that feeling......
One Avatar
September 20, 2017 at 10:13 AM
such lovely imagery.. great first line..
Calasibetta Avatar
September 27, 2017 at 6:06 PM
Silent One, Thank you for commenting on "September Sky", I too love the imagery that flows from these beautiful days of Autumn.
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