Sea Cliffs
One-eyed Edward did not want
to look off the cliffs; his vertigo tinkled
like a rash on his fuzzy cheeks.
Suzanne stood transfixed, staring
at the two dozen gulls performing
aerobatics, like a twisting feathered helix
just above the perfect mirror of a calm sea.
She could see the ruins of Hogshead Lighthouse
off to her right shining white in the sun shaft,
and the great silver zeppelin the prince used
to enjoy his future domain, hovering just above it,
as a summer storm brewed on the southern
horizon, boiling up tall thunder clouds
just for them.
She knew that her mother was calling,
that she should return to the cottage,
but still she lingered, wondering
if Captain Zachary would appear again
to brighten her morning.
Glenn Buttkus
December 2011
Listed as #56 over on Magpie Tales 96
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5 comments:
most excellent glenn...i had hoped you would take up one of the pics at dverse...and you have brought it to life...rather fanciful...expanded the characters to give us a whole other world to ponder of princes and zepelins...nice man
Fabulous! I love the oh so subtle, literally non-existent references to the Freidlaner photo ... and yet the thunder clouds, captain Zachary appearing, all of which make the photo completely unnecessary to the poem's success.Effective reading as well!
Oh how funny! I didn't read Brian's comment before writing mine and didn't realize your picture was from a D'verse prompt. A perfect example of the reader finding meaning in poems that relate to his/her own world. I wouldn't change a word I said previously...and I'll now take a look at the D'verse photo prompts (even though I should be making cookies) :-)
"She could see the ruins of Hogshead Lighthouse
off to her right shining white in the sun shaft,
and the great silver zeppelin the prince used
to enjoy his future domain, hovering just above it"
Ha! Clever descriptions.
~Shawna
(rosemarymint.wordpress.com)
Ooo, every girl should have a Captain Zachary on the horizon!! :) :)
xoxo
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