Paradise Beach 1962

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  • Childhood
    • mlea
    • Very excited and very grateful. My son Michael will be coming back to American soil in about 12 days I want to thank all of you for your prayers and well wishes and strength.

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    When i was a child my Grampa had a beach shack on Fire island. I was fortunate to have spent a few summers there before FINSS took the land for beach conservation...just a bit of good memories.....mlea

    Paradise Beach 1962

    Another hot and humid day.
    The air so thick,
    Like breathing through a wet sponge.
    I open the back door,
    The air grabs my face and holds close,
    Reminding me of summer mornings
    Back somewhere,
    When rising early on warm,wet days
    Would mean the smell of salt air
    And the feel of ocean breezes
    Would soon surround me.

    *

    Flip flops,
     Floppy Hats,
    Sunglasses,
    Sand..
    Sand in my Koolade,
    Sand in my Pb and J,
    Sand in my bathing suit,
    And total freedom for an afternoon.
    Riding the surf to shore,
    Again and again,
    And again.
    Building castles,
    Collecting sea shells, 
    The joy of discovering a starfish.
    Falling dead asleep in the backseat,
    Dreaming of mermaids and pirate ships.
     

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    Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

    Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

    mlea’s Poems (51)

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    A Toast to Life 3
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