first day
varies year
to year dependent on weather
rainy cool
nights bring the chill
postpone the
expectations
pool lounge
laziness
first day
cloudless, slight breeze
kids
run/walk to diving board
minimal
bounce hurls them shrieking
arm flail,
half tuck, cannonball burbles
she saunters
to shallow end, dips the toe
lowers one
step, and another
pale legs
shimmer, as she oozes
breath
intake as slight splash cools
she
initiates plunge immersion
emerges
renewed, winter memory erased
adjusts
bathing strap, leans back to float
first day of
summer declared
by Joanne Faries
Nice! Just what we needed to beat the first of triple digit days. My Grands did the Cannonball for the first time yesterday...my straps are still in the drawer...immersion and floating will have to wait for warmer toe tests. Fun reading!
ReplyDeleteSue at CollectInTexas Gal
Oh, I got a shiver at the cold water on the small of my back part - I hate that so much. I'm ready for summer, but summer isn't ready for me just yet!
ReplyDeleteWhat I wouldnt give for a day at the beach or by the pool :) We still have winter to get through over here :(
ReplyDeleteThis captures well the onset of summer at the pool. Makes me want to dive in.
ReplyDeleteLee
Tossing It Out
Nice! You captured the first day at a pool just right.
ReplyDeleteThe times I most enjoyed our pool were right after cutting the grass. Heated almost to the point of instantaneous combustion, I'd fall in and let the steam rise from my body. (Okay, slight exaggeration.) But, I'm sure if our neighbors heard the noises I made, they'd think some hanky panky was going on.
Hello Joanne. Just stopping in to meet you. Julie and Susan (from Old Broads) sent me here. :-) This is a wonderful poem. After the winter we had, having it be warm enough to get in the pool seems like a miracle.
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