Three Summers
Do you ever think back on
those good old days
when we could sleep on
the beach, if we so chose
beneath stars ..
And if it ever dared rain
or to blow even,
neath the warm yet still
salty and rough
tarpaulined hull of some
upturned
old fisherman’s craft ..
And where, if my memory
still serves,
I seem to recall, we spent
three whole summers
just living and loving like that ..
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Author:
Neville (
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- Comment from author about the poem: this was not the Algarve .. it was much closer to home, on the beaches in and around Devon & Dorset
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I thought it was about your time by the duck pond round the back of the Co-op! Well, it was for me, when I met a certain gal. lol.
Nah .. Devon n Dorset, the west country in England next door to where I presently live 🙂
'And if it ever dared rain
or to blow even,
neath the warm yet still
salty and rough
tarpaulined hull'
(the 'dared' in these lines
defines your poetry's subtlety
so acutely, dear Poet
when gripped within love's embrace
even nature 'dare' not disturb)
a great read! thank you Hyung
and now I feel totally indulged brother Mek .. thank you so bloomin kindly & true sir 🙂
How weird that we both posted verses today on summers ago - - loving your recall of sleeping outside under boats on the beach - to which I say Snap - poetic minds must think alike - - or can you read my mind.............x
uncanny ................. 🙂 bless you my friend x
Like the old fisherman's craft has such a central role in the craft of your poetry here. I have slept on the beach, but not recently,... and not under an OFC.... not in a draughty place like Devon and no, on this occasion, alas....
Good to hear you old dog .. I'm glad there are others who behaved in much the same way yonks ago I presume .. am not sure I would want to give it another go now .. the knees are not so good these days 🙂
Thanks for the tip! If ever by that way, sleeping outdoors would be awesome to do again.So much better than Algarve.
certainly a bit more chilly 🙂
You certainly know how to make your reader feel envious.
it was not intentional .. cheers DA
Sounds like a great youthful way of spending the summer Neville.
Andy
its one of them that is unlikely to ever be forgot .. but just in case, I thought I better capture some of it for posterity .. cheers, Neville 🙂
Beautiful
that'll do nicely my friend .. bless you n true
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