Paradise

....a little slice of paradise...to restart the engine..:)

Osprey flood-pathed junctures

in the

middle

of Paradise.

Overexposed and diluted

by the

sounds

of the missing heartbeat

and the

loneliness

of the beakless egret

we all feel.

 

The expression of

the sunlit

reflective pool,

for the

paradise

we know and sense

and understand.

Not quite at the

end of

earth,

but almost.

 

While the ball

of fire

exposed and

diminished,

flourishes to the

very end., and

awakens on the beaches

of Casey Key,

toward the dusk of

the beautiful day

in paradise…

I smile

Author's Note

February 23, 2011
Picture: Lovers Keys, Bonita springs, Fla. Jan. 26, 2010 (Just an Osprey digging his existence) and me.

Reviews

[Lily Mae]

Those Osprey sure do conjure up thoughts don't they? You've painted a beautiful picture with this in my mind..x

[Vanessa Rico]

Allen, this was a vivid and well-detailed poem. Like Bradly said, I can taste the brine of the sea salt breeze! How can I tell you how much I enjoyed this? It is impossible, because you have such talent and use such bright and clear descriptions that I can picture paradise in my mind! Thanks for sending me this!

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Oh how the mighty have gotten even mightier, a well flowed piece that sucker punches the reader, well done

[Brad]

you've captured that floridian feel like a jimmy buffet tune...still have the salty taste on my lips!

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