Poetry Friday
Thanks to Dawn for the impetus!
In honor of our field trip today, a poem by a young Jacqueline Bouvier:
Sea Joy
When I go down by the sandy shore,
I can think of nothing I want more,
Than to live by the booming blue sea
As the seagulls flutter round about me.
I can run about when the tide is out,
With the wind and the sand and the sea all about,
And the seagulls are swirling and diving for fish,
Oh to live by the sea is my only wish.
This poem evokes such a vivid image for me. I can smell the salt air, hear the gulls wheeling and screeching, feel the cold waves wash over my feet while the summer sun beats down upon my head. So strangely prophetic, this poem by a young girl. What an amazing life she would go on to live!
