I remember grabbing for life and my first …
Fist full of sunshine
rays capturing my skin
music rolling about my head
fist full of sunshine
fingers rolling
plucking each base chord
fist full of sunshine
rushing in a stream
synthesized dream
fist full of sunshine
forward I run my ten
fastest time yet
fist full of sunshine
warmth prickling tan skin
blonde streaks glowing
fist full of sunshine
topdown on the coast
Round-a-bout rolling over the 1
fist full of sunshine
blue eyes sparkle
off the end of the day
fist full of sunshine
children dance in the last beams
catching their summer’s screams
fist full of sunshine
spray wets my lips
salt water kisses
fist full of sunshine
sand squeeking feet
under our moon lit waltz
fist full of sunshine
the watch on my wrist
counts the years apart
fist full of sunshine
your perfect silhouette
wax cast in my dreams
fist full of sunshine
there in our forever
your dark eyes drive me
fistfull of sunshine
anchor holds us close
seaweed swirls about ankles
fist full of sunshine
no storm can pull us away
from this together love
fist full of sunshine
flashes of memory
show me your face
fist full of sunshine
waiting for so many years
for love’s tide to come in
fist full of sunshine
coming full circle
to you my love
fist full of sunshine
writing act two
of me and you
fist full of sunshine
our hands clasped
footsteps in life’s sands
fist full of sunshine
swing me off the planet
write our story in moon dust
The prompt for <a href=”http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2013/06/verse-first-i-remember.html” title=”verse first”>Verse First (I remember) was an exercise in writing which is always good to “light up” inspiration. I put on Yes’ “Round About” (an all time summer favorite) and wrote free for 15 minutes. I Stepped away from it (I gathered some of my photography) came back after 15 minutes and cleaned up my verse. Hope you feel pulled into the passenger’s seat of a fast convertible sports car that is driving down highway 1 in California (runs along the coast). If you feel the sun against your skin (no spf allowed) and children laughing in the waves and you see eyes and lips of two lovers held apart in time until their feet finally touch the sand together, then I have succeeded in this prompt for “I Remember…”
photography: Guitar, Invert Anchor, Sandy Path, Sea Foam all copyrighted images of L. Moon
Oh, Leslie, you took me right there. Reading this poem was almost as good as being in love! Love the repeated lines, and LOVE Highway One, my very fave!!!!!! Would love to travel it one more time, wonder if I’ll get to.
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gotta love the beach, the ride, the surf and the 1
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Perfect song for the poem…hadn’t heard it in years…delightful read.
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So nicely felt Leslie, and here, an instant’s echo! [the fist(s) full of sunshine.]
hand in hand
as held within our grasp(
sun to sun
_m
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Love the repetition of “fist full of sunshine”. Felt so much energy and excitement for life in your words!
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Beautiful poem or rather a song. Lovely. Remarkable how the words flowed. Keep it going. 🙂
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I think you are right / the early makings of a song
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You built something beautiful here, fist full of sun shine
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Leslie, I enjoyed reading your technique as much as I enjoyed reading your poem. I love the idea of a ‘fistful of sunshine’ and can indeed feel myself driving Highway 1. Ha, I have driven that highway….not for sissies. Your pictures worked well… I love the two stanzas of love. Such a ‘drive’ often does take one’s mind ‘full circle,’ doesn’t it?
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some how driving and 1 are a constant circle/ this was fun to write and remember
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the back and forth movements indeed sounded lyrical and musical too!!
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glad you could feel the motion
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Ahh, yes… you have definitely succeeded, Leslie. I love the repitition, too.
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I love the idea of a fist full of sunshine – something to hold on to for a rainy day 🙂
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Reblogged this on sueshan123.
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Sunshine:YOu’re welcome! And, take care! ^^Vicky:的確係! ^^Bee 小妹:男人, 女人, 我都啱! XD XD XD XD!!!小豬:我都有咁嘅問題出現!我懷疑唔係用 Blogger Beta (新版)的, 係留唔到言 (但喺舊版仍然 okay). 要用 “其他” 先留到.
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