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Summer Reverie (c) Summer Afternoon, Summer Afternoon!!!
The happiest words I croon…
A song of remembrance of yesteryear
When the languid days made it clear….
“What a lovely time is summer!”
A hummingbird is the hummer…
A wonder it floats through the air
From flower to flower with delicate care….
Propelled by the morning wings so fleeting
Their enchanting tiny excursion my greeting…
The sunflower banquette in a seaside lullaby
Leans toward the sun like a happy child’s cry…
Wild blossoms tumble in profusion I spy
And the morning glory climbs up to the sky…
The sweet primrose waits till sunset to unfurl
Unlocking its rich perfume like a rare pearl…
At night the breeze caresses like a feather
Sent as a gift of fair weather…
Wafting against my cheek like a lover
I dream of its touch only to discover…
A thunderclap tears apart our embrace
Into a shelter, cooled off we race…
I can never forget those halcyon days
United with nature despite the haze…
Longingly I yearn to remember these treasures
Knowing this reverie can never be measured.

Posted by Polly Guerin at 8:38 AM No comments: Labels: Hummingbirds, Thunderclaps and Halcon Days, Wild Flowers


Sea Lullaby (c) By Polly Guerin Ode to the Sea...
Lulled by the turbulent soliloquy
The soft rolling waves caress the sea…
Clammy-eyed I succumb to the silence
Clearing my thoughts with reliance…
Cares and city cacophony drift away
Clearing the debris for another day….
Sea birds sing a mournful bleep
Stirring emotions in the deep…
The sea bound breeze brushes by
I accept its wisdom with a sigh…
It plays a withered seafarer tune
Rocking, rocking it cradles a loon…
Sweet dreaming I dare not awake
From a sea song slumber for my sake…
Might life go on like a sea lullaby
Embraced with love before I die?
Posted by Polly Guerin at 3:28 PM No comments: Labels: Lulled by the Ocean, Rolling Waves, Sea Lullaby, Turbulent Waters


Celia Thaxter American Poet By the Sea (c) by Polly Guerin Celia Thaxter in her Island Garden, painted by Childe Hassam. 

Tranquility (c) by Polly Guerin Inspired by Celia Thaxter, American Poet

Celia Thaxter's Garden by the Sea in Appeldore, the Isles of Shoals, a group of nine small rocky islands off the coast of New Hampshire. Tranquility (c)

My heart is in the land by the sea

Tranquility is the place I yearn to be....

Where the roaring waves tame the rocks

Sending vibrating rhythmic shocks...

Somewhere a lone fiddler plays a mournful tale

While outside rages a surging gale...

In a sudden the sun breaks blue

Clearing clouds the day renews....

Bringing love and radiant hope

Encouragement, the will to cope...

The storm of life was a passing cloud

The fiddler's mellifluous tune now loud...

And the jig of life dances like the sea

Yes, the land of tranquility is where I want to be!
Posted by Polly Guerin at 5:45 AM No comments: Labels: Blue Seaside Garden by Celia Thaxter at Appledore, Tranquil and Beautiful