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Pools of Longing
Pools of Longing
Sara L Russell, July 9th, 03:11am

That it might come back to me, that sweet sensation,
When i would reach out my arms across the cool light blue ripples
and push off from the side.

Then would i glide 
out across the water, as a white crane...

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Categories: closures, longing, summer, water,
Form: Rhyme
Without Swimming
Without Swimming
A COVID19 lament by Sara L. Russell 
25/9/20 at 14:01

Half a summer gone by; seamless tropical heat,
birds singing, bees pollinating, flowers blooming
and no swimming. 
All of the pools closed 
for almost four months.

What is a summer without swimming?

"A summer without swimming," she said, is...

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Categories: closures, angst, beach, summer,
Form: Free verse

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