The Bay has taken on the shape of summer;
high-cloud clears to sparkle-tip the waves:
glittering prize bequeathed to us in winter
when ice-cold breaths warmed into brighter days
I’m falling ever deeper like the surf-swell
plummets towards the depths of this salt sea
sand underfoot I stand, glowing and grateful:
golden, the love your heart has gifted me
My mind’s expansive, spinning like a dancer
pirouetting, setting sorrows free
past pains inscribed upon a dusty ledger
erased by love’s all-healing potency
You are my east, my sunrise and my rest
I take with you, couched in my bowered west
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Ingrid
Bridging seasons. Gifts of winter indeed.
Thank you!
This is wonderful, especially the way your final quatrain leads into the couplet.
Thank you, Ken – I like to try and maintain some kind of flow when writing sonnets!
Beautiful. I especially love these:
“high-cloud clears to sparkle-tip the waves”
“erased by love’s all-healing potency”
Thank you 😊
An eloquent, heart-felt poem, Ingrid! Lovely images and metaphors. <3
Thank you, Cheryl 😊❤️
This is so uplifting and beautiful Ingrid. The feeling of summer and love pours forth. Thank you for this wonderful respite in what has been a most challenging Spring.
I am glad that my words could offer this, Rob, thank you!
Such a beautiful poem Ingrid and I do hope you are breathing in some of the gorgeous images you are sharing so much deserved!
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Another beautiful poem of love Ingrid.(K)
Thank you Kerfe!
What a gorgeous love poem. So full of emotion. I loved this Ingrid. ☺️💕
Loving the rhyme scheme here. And I will go to my grave swearing that “winter” rhymes with “summer” in that first verse.
That is a result! Thank you 😊
A beautiful poem, Ingrid. The ocean has a way of working its magic taking our troubles and washing them out with the tide. I can tell you are glad to be back home again!
Thank you, Dwight – I am!
:>)
Oh, I love that bay, and I love this poem, Ingrid. It reminds me of the last time I was at the sea, and stayed on the bay. Was so lovely. Ah, thank you for the mention! I’m so excited! 😁
Thank you Jeff 😊
A beautiful poem of love (and nature), Ingrid. Lovely flow of lines and motion.
Good luck with your publishing ventures!
Thank you Merril 😊
You’re welcome, Ingrid!
A gorgeous and very original and skillful sonnet, Ingrid, especially in the slant rhyme. Both place and heart are painted beautifully. Hope your summer is fruitful and rewarding as reading this was for me.
Thank you so much, Hedgewitch: I wish you a wonderful summer, also!
Beautiful poem! I love how scene and emotion marry, the sonics, and “couched in my bowered west”.
Thank you, Barb – that last line was inspired!
Gorgeous image and verses! I will pirouette and set my sorrows free with you! 🩰💃
Please do Tricia 💃 ✨
Delicate chimes and half-rhymes here: lovely.
Where the muse sings, there sing I…
Aww. Gorgeous. Adore it. Xoxo
Thank you ✨
A glittery psalm to our birth sea & bearer of the burdened heart.
Thank you Brendan
an elegant sonnet to celebrate Summer.
congratulations on the success of your latest work, too ~
Thank you so much M!
Gorgeous imagery and such heartfelt emotions! You really do sonnets so well, Ingrid! ❤️
Thank you, Punam: it’s probably my favourite form 😄
And also thank you so much for all the hardwork you put in the book.🙏🏼
Right now I could get only the kindle version , I am waiting to get my hands on the book.
All the best for your future publications. ❤️
If you would like me to mail you a paperback copy, drop me an email. I don’t know how long it would take to reach you, but it would get there eventually! ❤️
This is absolutely gorgeous. I am taking a sabbatical of sorts but wanted to peek and I am so glad I peeked at this!
That is so good to hear, Mary, thank you!
Hi Ingrid, Your poems are special. You do not make extra efforts, poetry flows in your blood. And the final outcomes are always excellent.
That is such a kind observation, Lokesh – thank you 🙏