Caressing the skies with gentle light
Wishes alive, studding the dark night
Precious as the scarlet, streaked gold
Heavy hand of grace, strong and bold
Whispering closure, summer’s ending
Inevitably leaves fall - faith’s ascending
Songs so inspiring, gentling the soul
With nature’s awe, coloring us whole
poem inspired by Robert Frost's Nothing Gold Can Stay
Sponsored by: JCB Brul
February 21, 2023
He sat there like a proper ghost
and said not a word
while his lovely friend waited
"I'm studding it" he whispered
to the psychic,
"What did he say?" the client asked
"He said his studding it "
"What is he studying?"
"Nothing really he's just looking handsome"
"Oh ! That he was " said the client
and they all smiled
The psychic, the client, and the ghost.
6/27/2019
Sifting warm sand
through my fingers
lustrous fine grains
glitter my palm.
Soothed
by the soft powdery touch,
I sit for a while
under the rocks
My bare feet
swirl patterns in the sand
as I idly watch
a beach life unfold
Bustling mother’s set up home
on plaid blankets
colourful beach bags
thick with togs and towels
Buckets, spades
strewn all around
a picnic stored carefully
under a shady umbrella,
they gather the children
skip giddy with glee
slapping sunscreen
on lithe limbs
with index finger
warnings
of do's and don'ts.
My gaze drifts to
little pink sisters,
their chubby faces
alive with imagination
as nimble bodies
straddle the sand,
all wrapped up
in mounds of castles
studding their dreams
with pearly shells
and whispering tales
of pretty princesses.
At the water’s edge
long legs prancing
tip toeing warmth
into the chilly sea
up to their waists in
crested waves
dipping and diving,
an ocean of laughter
as young lads play
splashing and yelling
a ball in the air
they plunge.
Picking up my sandals,
I walk up the beach
under the bridge
past crimson valerian
It’s balmy perfume
scenting a delicious day
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