Spent the day at Blue Sky Beach

daydream, dVerse, ekphrasis, fantasy, nature, travels

Spent the day at blue sky beach
Fishing for sun rays on a cumulus cloud
Waves billow by
White and gray
Rockets blasting off in space.

Spent the day at blue sky beach
Feet dangling off a troposphere pier
Granite tide caves
Skyscraper sea
Spider webs of clapping waves.

Spent the day at blue sky beach
Scooping clumps of golden cirrus
Sandcastle grin
Opaque tower spires
Illuminated from within.

Spent the day at blue sky beach
Meteors of white and grey
Black cloud sand
Fuzzy privacy
My rippling stratus strand.

A dVerse Poet’s Pub Poem-Sarah hosts Poetics this evening with an ekphrastic prompt inspired by the breath-taking artwork of Fay Collins, who passed away this past September. Fay was an educator and an artist, and this painting spoke to me in a special way. Join us.

I marvel at the energy, abundance and diversity of life’s forces and I am continuously intrigued by the idea that visual qualities of landscape often appear timeless and constant yet are often tangibly dynamic.
Fay Collins

31 responses to “Spent the day at Blue Sky Beach”

Photography314

Lovely imagery love! Another beautiful piece. 🙂

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you. Wish I could be back there now.
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
Jeff Flesch

What a lovely poem, K. This here, “Sandcastle grin
Opaque tower spires
Illuminated from within.” Is my favorite. Beautiful. I love the beach.

LikeLiked by 2 people

Reply
1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, Jeff. You will be there soon, no? This piece of art from Fay’s collection reminded me of a line in my journal about blue sky beach, so it was time to write this poem. I appreciate your kind comments.
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
  1. Jeff Flesch
    
    You’re most welcome, K. Yes, Thursday. Am ready, and your poem stoked the desire even more. Always my pleasure, my friend.
    
    LikeLiked by 1 person
2. Experience Film
  
  I was gonna say, that’s my favorite line too!
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
  1. K.Hartless
    
    Thank you. Thought it would be great fun to enjoy a day of activities at the sky beach.
    
    LikeLiked by 1 person
Tricia Sankey

Excellent description and imagery throughout, particularly loved, “Sandcastle grin
Opaque tower spires Illuminated from within.” You have captured the beach vibe so well!

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you kindly, Tricia. Love those clouds that appear tomahawk their own inner light.
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
  1. Tricia Sankey
    
    Yes! 😍
    
    LikeLiked by 1 person
Ingrid

I would very much love to spend the day in such a place…maybe I have, once or twice 🙂

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
1. K.Hartless
  
  Dreamers frequent this one. Thanks, Ingrid.
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
sarahsouthwest

I love this painting, and I love this poem. We have a broad, flat beach near us, and sometimes the sky is reflected across it in the thinnest layer of water – it really is like running across the sky. I love the way you use the clouds as images here. It’s just delightful.

LikeLiked by 2 people

Reply
1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you kindly for hosting and commenting, Sarah. This beach sounds magical. Yes, I am far from the ocean and like to daydream about the beach in the sky. This painting brought it all back.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply
Experience Film

“Sandcastle grin Opaque tower spires Illuminated from within.”

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
Phillip Knight Scott

The repetition really enhances the rhythm of this poem. I really enjoyed it!

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you kindly, Phillip. Lovely to be dawdling up
  there.
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
sanaarizvi

I am literally swooning right now 😀 this is beyond beautiful! Especially love; “Spent the day at blue sky beach/Feet dangling off a troposphere pier/Granite tide caves.”💝💝

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
1. K.Hartless
  
  Aw, thank you kindly, Sanaa. Feel free to join me up there anytime, dear poet.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply
Jane Dougherty

Love the repetition. Made me think of Groundhog Day, but a much better setting!

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, Jane. It’s a bit of a reverie this one. Definitely one I like to have available on repeat.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply
  1. Jane Dougherty
    
    🙂
    
    LikeLike
tiffanyarpdaleo

Awesome!

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you. I’m planning to return there soon.
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
Michele Marsh

My favorite line “feet dangling off a troposphere pier”
Very idyllic and calming ❤️

LikeLike

Reply
danadampier

Beautifully written! I love your descriptions!

LikeLike

Reply
Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

You describe the place and time in such a perfect way that it sounds like a dream, and maybe afterwards that perfect day will become a dream

LikeLike

Reply
dorahak

K.,
Love the repetition of the first line, which transforms the poem into a magical time and vision.
Pax,
Dora

LikeLike

Reply
calmkate

lovely you did Fay’s art great justice!

LikeLike

Reply
hedgewitch

The colors in this painting are so alive, so far from a monochrome, even though blue is abundant and predominant–and similarly, your poem has all kinds of shades in it, allusions and metaphors, in very compact–sometimes as compact as two words–form, each of which is fragment, a tile that is a picture in itself as well as part of the larger mosaic. Or,put more simply–a beautiful poem full of nuance that makes not just the outer landscape come alive, but the inner as well.

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you kindly, hedge-witch. I do find a pithiness to my prose at times. Suits me.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply