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July 16, 2012 by Betty Hayes Albright

Seaweed breezes

lose themselves

in her long hair.

She dances over sharp rocks

to the beach,

twirls and spins

in pirouettes,

her long skirt swirling circles

in the sand.

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Posted in Poetry 1990's | Tagged beach, celebration, dance, joy, Poetry, summer | 25 Comments

25 Responses

on July 16, 2012 at 3:43 pm | Reply slpmartin

What a lovely image you’ve protrayed here.
- on July 16, 2012 at 3:46 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thanks, Charlie.
on July 16, 2012 at 3:45 pm | Reply granbee

How my great-grandmother must have looked at the seashore!
- on July 16, 2012 at 3:49 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Granbee, your great-grandmother must’ve been my kind of people. (I’m a long-skirt person myself – even at the beach sometimes.) Thank you for being here!
on July 16, 2012 at 4:09 pm | Reply Words From the Moon

What a lovely poem – I love the image of “seaweed breezes” – I can almost feel the ocean air
- on July 18, 2012 at 3:45 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thank you, Words from the Moon – (ocean air is the best air!)
on July 16, 2012 at 6:27 pm | Reply Vampire Weather

I would love to photograph that moment. Beautiful!
- on July 18, 2012 at 3:46 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thanks, VW!
on July 16, 2012 at 8:15 pm | Reply Caddo Veil

What a wonderful seashore dance picture! I could so easily see you, Betty.
- on July 18, 2012 at 3:48 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thank you, Caddo – (Ah, to REALLY dance in the sand once again!)
on July 17, 2012 at 12:00 am | Reply Linda Willows

such a beautiful dance, Love to you Betty, Linda
- on July 18, 2012 at 3:48 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thank you, Linda!
on July 17, 2012 at 9:21 am | Reply lscotthoughts

What a beautiful picture you paint, Betty, so graceful and peaceful, and I also love “seaweed breezes…”
- on July 18, 2012 at 3:49 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thank you, Lauren – glad you liked the dance.
on July 18, 2012 at 4:02 am | Reply dfb

Really beautiful, eternal images here, Betty.
- on July 18, 2012 at 3:50 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  David, thank you!
on July 18, 2012 at 4:11 am | Reply Arindam

Beautiful Poem. So beautifully written.
- on July 18, 2012 at 3:50 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thank you, Arindam!
on July 18, 2012 at 4:17 pm | Reply Ben Naga

Speaks of sweet freedom.
- on July 20, 2012 at 6:53 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Yes – a longing to be carefree!
on July 19, 2012 at 8:02 pm | Reply Thomas Davis

I love these image poems, Betty. They twirl onto the page, awaken the sea breezes, and send the day swirling in a dance of sand, waves breaking on the shore, and summer sky.
on July 20, 2012 at 6:54 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright

Thank you, Thomas!
on July 22, 2012 at 1:28 pm | Reply Martin Shone

Now if only I had a skirt I could swirl x
- on July 23, 2012 at 10:35 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  LOL!
on July 29, 2012 at 12:11 pm | Reply bardessdmdenton

What a liberating vision, Betty! Made me think of the Sufi Whirling Dervishes (I wrote this after I saw Martin Shone’s comment above)