Sleek
swimmer
following
in the boat’s wake
turns and dives below
the swell and wash of waves,
leading to the spit where a
colony of blubbery bulls,
salty sea dogs and expectant cows
bask on a cloudy August afternoon.
Frolicking in the wind-whipped foam and spray,
playful pups slip In and out of waves,
graceful and magical mermaids
until they wrestle clumsy
seasick bodies onto
shale and gritty sand
a colony
of grey rocks
beached on
land.
Kim M. Russell, 2016
My response to dVerse Poets Getting in Shape for Summer– Meeting the Bar, the Etheree. I have chosen to rework a poem I wrote last August after a birthday trip to see the seals at Blakeney Point.
writing in north norfolk 
So easy to visualized this. Such a delight to watch these creatures as I used to do when I lived in the SF Bay area.
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Now that’s a place I wouldn’t mind seeing in real life – I’ve see SF Bay in so many TV programmes and films, it’s strange to think that it’s a real place and people live there!
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Well, it is strange. More so than 23 years ago when I left. :0)
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This is absolutely gorgeous 😀 especially love “the swell and wash of waves” ❤
Beautifully penned.
Lots of love,
Sanaa
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Thank you, Sanaa, with love xxx
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I admire the snapshot of the seals basking on a cloudy August afternoon. Would love to see those seals beached on the land ~
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I’ve never seen seals basking on shore – my fav line
Frolicking in the wind-whipped foam and spray,
playful pups slip In and out of waves,
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Thank you!
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The picute that you paint with words is more vivid than the photo (which is quite charming!)
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Thank you, Jilly 🙂
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This was brimming full of delightfully imaginative imagery and sensory descriptions. Also, your attention to sound and rhythm in the piece was apparent, and especially well-suited to the subject matter. The generous sprinkling of alliteration lends this a playful, bouncing quality 🙂
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Thank you so much for reading and for your kind comments. I’m delighted you enjoyed it 🙂
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This is wonderful. The image of those seals, and how you describe them letting me sea them. Great words to describe them also.
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Thank you Bjorn. It was a most moagical trip out on a boat but we weren’t aloud to get off on the point. However, If you remember, we got closer to seals when we went for a walk along a local beach not so longs ago 🙂
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I get such a beautiful Imagery reading through yhe lines, loved it! – Cezane
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The lines* sorry for the typo
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Lovely. I could picture this scene.
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🙂
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So true! Graceful in water, but awkward on land.
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What an image, and depiction thereof! And aside from the visual, the sound of that must be cacophonous! Loving this more and more…
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Thanks, Walt 😊
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Wonderful topic to write about. I had a similar privilege some years ago: seals on an outcrop of rocks – the smell was terrible!
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😕
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I have an urge to go swimming now! Lovely!
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Thank you!
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I think it is wonderful to write about one specific gift of nature which you have done here…very gracefully and vividly.
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Thank you 😊
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LiFe plays when WiLd and
Free.. Humans SinG iN
SonG oF DanCe..
finGers
Breathe
in air oF
onLine poeTry
a seal are we too..
not broken when aLive..:)
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Lovely imagery. If only I had been there would have been a true delight.
Anna :o]
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Very much enjoyed reading this.
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Thank you, Rosemary.
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There’s a beautiful flow of words here, as graceful as the creatures they described.
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Thank you, Imelda.
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