Give her a Lake, some aching shade of blue. A place to glue her eyes to the horizon, and wait for the sun to meet her equilibrium gaze. Bare feet. A quiet sheet of white, waiting for song. A long long list of things to undo. A sun-freckled spot for two to recline, touching knees, lacing fingers, flirting feet.
Give her the tune of the waves, the breeze, the scratchtapscribble of her favorite colored pens. The wink of seaglass on sand. Hold the world’s breath for greater things: whir, whim, while. Let the slow sure pull of moon wash over her, a spilled out selah silence.
dappled aspen song
a sleepy July sky gives
one long slow sigh
..
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Oooooo, this is your style of writing that always makes me sigh. Your wordsmithing puts such a you-nique slant on things. Waves, lake, sky, sea glass…breathing blue indeed. And that spilled out selah silence….a beautiful place to envision in my mind. And to share this with the one you love – so much good between these two.
What Kanzen said: I agree with every word…
Sheer beauty!!!!
I am sighing in gorgeous imagery ~ Specially love:
Hold the world’s breath for greater things: whir, whim, while. WOW!
Complete rocking of the haibun prompt, & yes, superb wordsmithing, I like the line /the wink of seaglass on sand/.
‘like’ doesn’t do it for me – this is brilliant. I must try a haibun for next Monday…
The next Haibun Monday will be week after next, June 6(?). I hope you will join us and try your hand!
I’ll do that – will probably post slightly off timing as our days are different down here in New Zealand, so by the time I catch up with your posts it seems to be too late…
The haibun prompts are up for the week so you have plenty of time to ponder and post. If interested, dVerse has different posts/prompts during the week on Mon, Tues, Thurs. This Thurs eill be what we call Open Link Night, meaning you can post any one of your poems you choose. No prompt or form required.
Great imagery! Love the pens.
Selah / Psalms – sets the mood… and the Lake picture, of course!
So many wonderful poems today! This haibun is just brimming with delightful turns-of-phrase and peaceful, yet playful, imagery. Trying to pick out some favorites, but literally /every sentence/ holds some wonderful surprise, bringing a sense of freshness and wonder to a type of scene that’s featured so regularly in poetry that it often can be drained of its power. Here, you make the lakefront scene new; make your readers see it with new eyes.
The long long list of things to undo touched me. I also iiked the whirl, whim, while and the blink of sea glass. I’d enjoy that place!
Totally enjoyed this.. prose and haiku!
I am feeling so much less stress just reading your Haibun.
It’s like peace just washed over my soul. Selah!
Thank you. Sigh.
(I’m looking forward into one of those days that screams anxiety. Might just have to print your Haibun and stick it in my pocket. 🙂 )
I knew there had to be bare feet in there somewhere! But your scene is the sedative that I seek! Keep sending bits of your world this way; most enjoyable, De!
To meet the lake like this (or the sea for that matter) has to be the most calming thing… I truly long to be moved into that point where i can tread barefoot in the sand… (too cold yet)
This is you, through and through, De.
Wondrously luscious
Your writing is inspirational! I felt myself melting into such a state of mind through your words alone, let alone living it at first hand.
“Let the slow sure pull of moon wash over her, a spilled out selah silence.”
Oooohhh. I love your beautiful, beautiful art. I’m including this to my list of favorites from your blog.
De, this is absolutely breath-taking. You have such a gift, my friend. You’ve created a cove of serenity for anyone to steal away to. If it weren’t stormy and snowing up there, I’d want to hop in my car and drive the 40 minutes to Tahoe. Perhaps, soon.
Such a beautiful feeling of peace. I want a list of things to undo! It’s gently playful. Gorgeous.
This is just gorgeous – words, picture, feelings evoked, everything.
Lovely poem and I really loved the haiku at the end. It really tied the piece together.
I love every brilliant word, De. I liked the touching of the knees, lacing fingers and flirting feet…and that scratchtapscribble!
Sea as endless
as Summer neW
Breeze NoW iN
DeSert yellow
StreAM RiVer
eYes BriGht
aS Summer
longS AnD
WiNter FaLLS
SpRinG aGaiN..
Now oF Love..
NoW iN FearLess
SacRed eYe onE
WiSdom
Be
hOld..
i’s A foretOld
iN Led Zeppelin
Kashmir dreAm..:)
You bring words to life, De. This is mesmerizing.
Very enticing. And I love that one long slow sigh.