Footsteps touch the sand.
Toes and bare feet land
That way.
Sun makes its strong stand
Like it’s all been planned
With play.
Nothing real is bland.
All with light gets tanned
Today.
Linked to dVerse Meeting the Bar hosted by Victoria C. Slotto using the form “lai”.
Photo: “Morning” by the author.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
Nicely done, Frank!
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Thanks, Kim!
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I love the footsteps in the sand… a lovely poem.
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Thank you, Björn!
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This prompt took you to a place of calm. Really a nice read for me today. Thank you, Frank.
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I am glad you liked it, Victoria! Thank you for the prompt today.
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I think this is my favourite of all your poems so far Frank. Lovely, calm and serene mood.
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I am glad you liked it, Diana!
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Footsteps in the sand, so evocative!
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I am glad you liked those footsteps, Jane!
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🙂
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This is just gorgeous language, here:
“All with light gets tanned
Today.”
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I am glad you liked the endings. I find them hardest to write. Thank you!
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Really lovely and peaceful 🙂
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Thank you, Amanda!
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Ah, yes, the ocean beaches await–now if we can go mid-week & avid the throngs, that would be as sweet as your lovely poem. You fulfilled the prompt parameters for the form & still had some fun with it.
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Thanks, Glenn! The beaches somewhere await although I’m back in Chicago where the weather today is perfect.
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Summer is here! Lovely 🙂
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Yes! It is a lovely day today. Thanks, Victoria!
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SMiLeS.. noT
A Lai BrinGeR
i am although
Maui Jim SHaDeS
Deliver relief from any
PoTenTial
eYe pain
iN Ocular
Nerve.. Patented
ReLaXinG Technology..
anYway iN A Trip to the Beach
on the 6th.. my foot prints then
of Dance MiRoRinG Shores as WaveS
OceaN whOle FiLLinG iN each sTeP
FreeS OcEAN sHoRes eXPanDinG iN CreatiViTy too..:)
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It is good to dance on the beach as well. Thanks, Fred!
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Thanks
My FriEnD
Dance
On
iN
Yoga
Beat..:)
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Ah, back at the beach! This is really well done.
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It’s summer. Although I prefer forests and trails, the beach is a kind of trail as well. Thanks!
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Nicely done. Pleasant yet deep.
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Thank you! I’m glad you liked it.
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Ah, the beach calls me. This was nice, I especially liked the line “Nothing real is bland.”
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I liked that line also. I am glad you mentioned it. Thank you!
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Reading this makes me want to go to the beach, put my toes in the sand.
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The beach is nice in the right weather and it is probably the right weather somewhere where there’s a beach. Thank you!
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“Sun makes its strong stand”…I could feel the line. Though officially summer ought to take leave by now making room for the rains, the sun wishes to stick around with us, here in India. Sigh.
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I hope you get rain soon, Sumana.
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You are true to form and anything about beaches is wonderful to me. And summer is just around the corner. 😉
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I am glad you liked it, Kathy!
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“Nothing real is bland.” LOVE this sentiment! 🙂
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Thanks, Lillian! That line popped up because of the rhyme and then I didn’t want to lose it.
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Very restful to read Frank ~ Love the form and photo too ~
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Thanks, Grace! I am glad you liked the photo and found the poem restful.
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Well done. Calming and peaceful. Perfect selection of image as well.
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I wrote the poem around the photo not sure what to write with this new form (new for me at any rate). Thanks, Eugenia!
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Everything about this is so peaceful. I especially like “sun makes its strong stand” and “nothing real is bland”.
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Thank you, Lynn! Those lines were the only reasons I thought this poem might be worth posting.
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This piece is relaxing. 😊
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I am glad you found it relaxing, Imelda! Thank you!
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It was pleasant and delightful to read the poem. Just oh captures the beauty of nature.
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Thank you! I am glad you saw the beauty of nature in the poem.
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No problem at all!
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Cute lines
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Thank you, Nikki!
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Your not kidding Frank. You hit the nail on the head. We got toasted on the coast.
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Hot weather? It was pretty warm today, but I walk it in anyway. It is like a free sauna with vitamin D from the Sun. Thanks, Walter!
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Perfectly done.
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Thank you, Misky!
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Beautiful! Nice one! 😊
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Thank you!
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Really Love this. Incredibly beautiful!
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Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it!
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this is flawless Frank.
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Thank you, Rosema!
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you’re welcome! 🙂
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Lovely flow to this, Frank, and such a calm, lighthearted feel, too. I love the photo, too.
We haven’t made it to the beach (down the shore, as we say in Philadelphia/S. Jersey) yet this season–maybe one day next week.
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The beach is very nice, but I prefer forests and walking to swimming. My compromise is walking along the shore. I hope you make it there. Thanks!
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