Wednesday, July 27, 2011

A Summer Scene















wet heat




backswimmers skim 
a silky smooth 
surface,


the pond never 
feeling delicate 
legs 


weightless 
on wet 
heat. 




Poem ©2011 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo from Google Images. 

4 comments:

  1. It does look like they are standing on blue silk. Nice.

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  2. it seems like even the insects just wanna enjoy being on water. if miss lizzy say they are on blue silk, i thought of jello.

    good that it is raining here in burlington today. save me from watering the plants and the dying grass..

    JJRod'z

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  3. weightless on wet heat. swimmy good words rick. i like this writing a lot. steven

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