LOWLANDS

An island tells it all

I stare at the bug spotted rear window

silent droplets drip down my cheeks

as we drive north off the island

I can still see the lowlands stretch forever

I shall miss them as we cross the bridge

and get close to the highway

 

Time halts to daydreams and recollections

twelve miles of beach to play, surf, make castles and revel in the sand between your toes

dunes veiled with native green undulate along the

the shoreline and grow if the winds are in charge

 

An ocean trembles with colors heeding a clear sky

with fiery sun’s reflections

or a gray sky with ominous clouds

winds capture the waves and spin them to shore

with a white foam topping crashing against the sand

 

On the west side marshlands spread

as far as the eye can see

creeks snake through sea grass

and rise and fall with ocean tides

at low tide oysters  blanket the muck plentiful

where Egrets and Great Blue Herons tip toe

around hungry for leftovers

a fishy odor disseminates through the humid air

and at dusk the sky is pink, purple, and orange

 

Author's Note

photo is mine!

Reviews

[Bhuyanshi Talukdar]

Keep sharing your beautiful creations; they have the power to inspire and uplift others.

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you so much, sorry for the delay
Warmly, B

[mou]

I love how precisely and wonderfully you draw the ambience. This serene, poetic transportation allows me to escape the hustle and bustle of the surroundings for a while. Thank you, Betty. The photo is gorgeous too.
- mou

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you Mou, I really appreciate your reviews
gentle and right to the heart....
Warmly, B

[mou]

You're most welcome, Betty

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I love the islands down east of Carolina. I've spent a lot of time there, fishing, camping and playing in the ocean. Your descriptions are spot on. I enjoyed the read.

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you Fabian, I love them as well as a lovely review!
Warmly, B

[Ken Simm.]

From someone who lives in the highlands I still love the lovely places of the lowlands and this piece is full of their atmosphere.

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you dear Ken for a lovely review, it is totally opposite from where you live and I as well, but still beautiful....
Warmly, B

[Sami Khalil]

The photo is very nice, too.

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you! I love photography and painting!!!

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! Did not know that.

[Sami Khalil]

From your words and imagery, I get the lovely picture of the island; it is special and plentiful of bounties. I like how you see things and portray them.

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you so much Sam for a lovely review!
Warmly, B

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome Miss B.

[Dave Brown]

We just watched a program about the lowlands and it looked so inviting, however, if it had been showing the area in the middle of winter with a fierce gale howling in across the water, I might have felt otherwise.
That is our families ancestral background area but I can't pry my wife loose from our present location.
Have a jolly day.

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you Davie...for a sweet review...pull yourself away from Canada and GO!!!
Warmlt BESTB

[jacob erin-cilberto]

such a hard scene to drive away from....and you are quite the photographer.

that fishy odor...one of the reasons I always loved to fish...
the poem paints a photograph that develops in the mind of the reader...very well.
j.

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you for that lovely review J... it's an inspiring landscape!
Warmly
B.

[Thomas W Case]

Beautiful imagery. Very well crafted Betty.

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you Thomas, much appreciated
Warmly; B

[Vol]

Betty,
I think I have live there... swamps, oysters, fishy air. There is something about a nearby sea that rakes me in, wants to keep me close. I want to go fishing, I want to watch the gulls dive for food, I want to be troubled by the sand in my shoes. I want to sleep with the smell of salt on my skin. I want to take pictures of dinosaur birds!
Sigh.
Vol
Oh my!

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you Vol for a lovlely review!
Warmly, B