Pin pricks on supine limbs
send micro electric currents
through resting nerves.
Depleted, sun-drenched senses surrender
to sweeping and steadfast heat.
Lilting local tunes echo from a distance,
reflections of peace radiating on rippling
sea of placid blue.
Prickly tingles fade with the sundown-whisked
froth of lavender, red, yellow, orange and pink,
a horizon of harmonious hues –
a burst of divertimento,
eager yet ephemeral, blanketing a
sea of placid blue.
Cable news on the tropics
tell tales from worlds away,
faint, foreign yet familiar.
The view from my lanai, a pinch of perfection –
an interruption embraced,
letting go for a moment that the opposite is true
on the shores beyond the deceptive
sea of placid blue.
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I’m linking up with a brand new poetry site called the d’Verse Poets Pub, founded by the fabulous Brian Miller and Claudia Schoenfeld.
image by Automania
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mmm…wish i could bring that beauty to many around the world…that are in dark times right now…
Sea of blue… a lyrical poem around the wonders available to some. Nicely written.
I’ll be enjoying this view in a few weeks when I take my vacation in the Caribbean.
Lovely and serene.
Nice to meet you for the opening!
Sea of placid blue…my favorite place to be and this poem is gorgeous.
“Shores beyond the deceptive” wish everyone would go there and stay, wise and wonderful words in this one, nicely done!
I have been missing Hawaii all week, the beat of sea and beautiful sunsets and picking fruit from the tree for breakfast. Your poem increased that ache for the islands. I willing to go back to the fantasy.
Depleted, sun-drenched senses surrender
to sweeping and steadfast heat.
I can relate to that–though it isn’t the heat of the serene paradise you give us in your poem. Enjoyed it much.
It reads like it feels, warm, soothing, quietly musical
Ah, you capture an overall essence of the unique calm and peace we only find on a summer sojourn.
Gorgeous! My favorite: froth of lavender
i so love your heart for others belinda..and i love how you pack a political poem into such a sunset mood
The world and it’s problems are always with us, no matter how beautiful the sunset. Thanks for sharing this.
I loved this. Your description of the sunset is perfection.
Belinda,
This poem made sigh. I loved reading it aloud. I hope this is written from recent experiences and if so, I’m envious!!