I ... entered the poem of life, whose purpose is ... simply to witness the beauties of the world, to discover the many forms that love can take. (Barabara Blackman in 'Glass After Glass')

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16 September 2016

From the Alcove











Open space,
yet sheltered:
outside the room
I sit with coffee 
and a notebook.
This early, the lagoon
is misty grey.

Three buoys, bright yellow, 
dot the water. 
A sudden dark shape
dives or rises –
long ripples: a fish,
leaping briefly
into the open.


Written for Quadrille #16: Open, at dVerse.

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9 comments:

  1. Thylacine X17 September 2016 at 01:54

    Thank you :)

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  2. Frank Hubeny17 September 2016 at 03:01

    A chair outside a cafe is indeed open space although I usually think of open space as being in the middle of a field somewhere. Your poem got me to look at openness differently.

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  3. Linda Stevenson17 September 2016 at 08:17

    Lovely feel, dancing space, tightly woven juxtaposition.

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  4. Victoria18 September 2016 at 06:56

    Isn't it wonderful how a little break can bring us new sights, and thus fresh inspiration. So glad you had such a lovely place to go and that you made it back in time to share this.

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  5. Anonymous18 September 2016 at 07:24

    A stage was set for this moment

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  6. Sherry Blue Sky18 September 2016 at 10:25

    How beautiful!

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  7. brudberg19 September 2016 at 20:04

    There is something imaginist about the view of the bay... very very calming and nice.

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  8. Rob Schackne20 September 2016 at 14:33

    I love this!

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  9. Magaly Guerrero21 September 2016 at 00:56

    I can see every detail, Rosemary. The buoys look so bright, and the coffee tastes delicious. :-)

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