Isle of Palms

Ocean breeze sooths my soul.
Pelican observes from pier.
Toes embrace warm sand.

         Sun comes up; sun goes down,
         living on island time.

She dances with surf,
pirouettes and dips for shells--
beachcombers’ ballet.

         Surf sailers perform
         with dolphins and gulls
         under blue canopy.

Romantic sunsets
wrap around our days.

         Cold beer and boiled shrimp
         puncutate a day of fun.
         What a life!



Author’s note: The Rengay is a contemporary form of collaborative poetry in the tradition of the Japanese Renga. A description of its origins and definition of the form can be found at the following link: https://sites.google.com/site/graceguts/rengay-essays/writing-rengay .

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