sara Etgen-Baker Poet Ekphrasis

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poem written based upon this image--for online poetry class

TUSCAN SHORE, SUMMER MOON

I came upon it slowly~  
a curve of lantern-lit houses
along the coast,
each leaning toward the sea  
as though listening  
to the moon’s summer song.  

Stone walls breathed warmth,  
still holding the day’s heat,  
and narrow alleys  
wound like soft secrets  
between terracotta dreams.  

Above me,  
the stars burst open~  
bright, jubilant,  
scattering silver petals  
across the velvet sky.  
They fell in slow arcs,  
fireworks without sound,  
celebrating nothing  
and everything at once.  

The sea answered them.  
Its tranquil surface  
held the summer moon  
like a polished coin,  
laying a silver path  
straight to the village’s heart.  
Along the shoreline
trees and flowers  
glowed with iridescent breath,  
Blues melted into greens,  
pinks into gold. 

I walked among them,  
feeling the night  
open gently around me,  
feeling the village  
welcome me  
as though I had always  
been expected.  

In that moment,  
the world felt wide again~  
a place where wonder  
still knew how to bloom,  
where moonlight  
could rewrite the shoreline,  
and where a traveler  
could stumble upon magic  
simply by following  
the sound of the sea.

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