The Summer Cottage

Our little wooden cottage
    nestled by the sea,
Our get-away, our hideaway,
    just there for you and me.

No T.V. and no telephone,
     but fun there is to be,
Swimming, tanning, frolicking,
     in our cottage by the sea.
  
I love this time we spend alone
     when the rat-race we must flee.
To eat and sleep and just relax
     in our cottage by the sea.

The waves that lap our feet by day,
       the shade given by the tree,
We laugh, we love, we skinny-dip
       when from our work we're free.

And when one day our work is done
      and from our jobs we're free,
Then you and I will always live
     in our cottage by the sea.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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August 31, 2013 at 9:20 PM
Francine,-- Congratulations :-) on having your poem Featured on the soups Home Page... always~ Linda
Richards Avatar
August 27, 2013 at 2:33 PM
We actually have a cabin in the mountains......but much like your cottage.....no tv, no rat race....no internet, which makes me break my addiction to Poetry Soup !! .... such a retreat is so healthy to restore the soul ! Love that this was featured!....congratulations, Francine!
Jubenville Avatar
August 26, 2013 at 12:17 PM
For a moment I lost myself in your cottage by the sea, very nice, love it... Love Ellie.....
Austin Avatar
August 26, 2013 at 9:44 AM
Catchy and beautiful. Congrats on the selection. daver
Mehta Avatar
August 26, 2013 at 4:15 AM
Congrats on your poem being featured this week.
W Avatar
April 6, 2010 at 5:42 PM
Okay, now I am really ready for summer to get here! :)
Fraser Avatar
April 6, 2010 at 10:05 AM
My cottage would be overlooking the Fraser River in BC > now there's a vista of vista's >> beautiful idylic scene your words paint here Francine >> James
Byrne Avatar
April 5, 2010 at 10:38 PM
very nicely written!
Shiningwater Avatar
April 5, 2010 at 9:45 PM
Gorgeous imagery for me in this piece Francine. I love how it ended and also inspired my pen. Beautiful feelings within. Bravo!
Austin Avatar
April 5, 2010 at 3:42 PM
This be worthy of Annabelle Lee. I love the sound of your cottage, can see it right at this minute. Love, daver
Brown Avatar
April 5, 2010 at 11:47 AM
Enjoyed reading your poetry today Francine. Please continue to write and share with us. Love, Carol
Roberts Avatar
April 5, 2010 at 11:28 AM
I don't have a cottage either, this is just remembrance of one we used to have on a lake ( not the sea)
Arteaga Avatar
April 5, 2010 at 11:22 AM
hmm i want a cottage too, but i must enjoy the times just that are made that could be made, at our expense, and just relax when we could relax with one another and just imagine.
Culverhouse Avatar
April 5, 2010 at 10:50 AM
great work and wounderful sounding life. Too much quiet can be deafening for me.
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