Saturday, April 30, 2011

One Single Impression: Borders

From Topsail, April 2011


Dunes
Sea oats
And sand fence
Make borders
The sea
Remakes
With every breath
In every moment.
There are no limits,
No closing off,
No here and there,
Then and now,
Earth and water,
Love and loss,
This world and the one we dream.

There are only shifting sands.

One Single Impression

33 comments:

annell said...

I love this one. Takes me to my childhood!

Devika said...

Nice poem, Sandy...lost the way in between after a system re-format...now added again :)

wishes,
devika

Myrna R. said...

Beautiful poetry to complement your photo. I'm so glad to be back reading and admiring your work.

Geraldine said...

One of my favorites to date, wonderful words Sandy and I love the photo. My kind of scene.

I LOVE your new header...

Hugs, G

Annie said...

Beautiful, Sandy. This could be my defining poem - Life Everchanging.

I like your header. The birds and ocean make a border between air and sea.

imac said...

One Word - Perfect.

Cloudia said...

wonderful words & image



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Mama Zen said...

Beautiful, Sandy!

ρομπερτ said...

The last three lines are amazing !


Please have a good Sunday and new month you all.

(Me border thoughts on Monday.)

Patrick said...

Beautiful shot. Takes me to the Cape and many happy summer days. Your poem reminds me of Siddhartha watching the flow of the river.

magiceye said...

brilliant!

Maggie May said...

That is lovely reflective poetry and I love the photo. The fiery photo below caught my eye too!
Maggie X

Nuts in May

Aayushi Mehta said...

So wise!

sandra said...

sand... an element of union ....good!!

Stan Ski said...

Like it! Words and image complement each other.

anthonynorth said...

Perfect.

slommler said...

I love this poem. So true! As we fight to plant our feet...the sand tilts and moves and we end up on our backsides...once again. Ha!
Hugs
SueAnn

gautami tripathy said...

Awesome...

stupor

Christine said...

love sand dunes, we have some awesome natural ones near the lakes, that are endangered now and need fences for protection from we humans.

teric said...

It is just gorgeous Sandy!!!!

Jim said...

Sandy, I didn't know there was sand fence even though I may have seen some. It looks very similar to snow fence.
My favorite bit here is "no limits,
no closing off
." This appeals to ones, and my, desire for complete freedom.
..

Jim said...

Sandy, I was thinking of you and patti when I was writing my first effort that I didn't post. It was about a grammar student complaining that he was bored, writing that he was getting border and border.
The teacher corrected him by her not saying that he should use boreder instead.
..

Jingle said...

amazing...

The Write Girl said...

I love the imagery of the beach. Another beautiful poem Sandy.

Lisa at Greenbow said...

Sandy, those shifting sands push those borders around with time. It is funny how they change especially when we think we have built those borders with stone and they crumble and are rebuilt with sand as wisdom would call for.

lagalog said...

i dig the poetry of the image and the image projected by the accompanying poetry :D

snowwhite said...

Very impressive photo and great poem. If we see the earth from the space, we will find one blue planet without any borders.

Patti said...

So beautifully written Sandy- and so true-"With every breath
In every moment.
There are no limits,
No closing off,
No here and there,
Then and now,
Earth and water,
Love and loss,
This world and the one we dream." Those words touch my heart!

Deborah said...

The sea does move borders ... wonderful, wonderful poem.

Peace,
JanePoet~deborah

Harshad mehta said...

"There are only shifting sands"

Says it all.

Thank you. It is pleasure to read and see your work.

Harshad mehta said...

Sandy, will you please send me your email ID, to enable me send my poem on LOVE?

PremI said...

Beautiful Sandy,I loved it.
Especially the last two lines...

pieceofpie said...

absolutely!... you've captured the poetic movement of life... shifting always....