Sun, Sea, Sky, Skate

            Press Photograph

WATERY WEDNESDAY

SUN, SEA, SKY, SKATE

'A Brand New Facility.'

Thus is it described in the press.

But 'facility' is a cold word,

A word belonging to officialdom.

I hear echoes

Of other,

More delectable words.....

Such as

Speed,

 Youth,

Vigour,

Danger,

 Experiment.

And I see the clouds echoing the sea

And the sea echoing the structure.

I see a man-made wave

Echoing the others

Beyond Bar Beach.

I see a body flying

Through crystal air,

Echoing the strivings of Icarus.

And, in this picture,

I see a work of art.

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GLACIER

An Acrostic

Grinding so slowly down the mountain side.

Leisurely, languid, see it glide.

Almost motionless, but not quite.

Carving a pathway, left and right.

Icy, sparkling, petrified stream;

Every facet seems to gleam.

Rivers fed by the melting ice

Will fill the paddy-fields with rice.

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