Swans at Swansea
Fish nets still stand
on Swansea Sands.
The tide washes in and out,
sweeping our footsteps away.
Nothing remains each night
save dreams of starfish
shimmering in golden galaxies.
Out in the bay, angelic figures,
ghostly, swimming swans.
Lovely imagery, Roger. I read through the comments. The “experiment” paid off with this piece. I look forward to reading more of these.
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I love people who comment on the comments. I am busy writing [saving] some more of these. They are fun and very short and quite delicate. Never throw anything away. It’s a good motto.
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It is a good motto. I love the idea of “recycling” the best parts into new works.
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Beautiful poem, Roger! 🙂
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Thank you. I am trying to recycle the lines (saved) that didn’t quite fit into other poems. Simple images, well worth saving, then elaborated. Your comment is much appreciated and a great encouragement to continue with the experiment.
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It gives me the feeling of being there!
Great advice too about recycling lines that don’t quite fit other poems. 🙂
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Thank you again. Recycling: it reminds me of my grandfather un-knotting string and my grandmother unpicking old sweaters to make new socks for the grand kids.
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Love the swans of Swansea! Economical, evocative, lovely. Cheers, Chuck
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Thanks, Chuck. I am trying a new form of writing. I keep everything I reject, but some of the images are good, so I have started to recycle the rejections. I’ll put them in a recycling file and see what happens.It is a good source of metaphor and image.
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