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Afternoon In Paradise
by Jamie Cortland → (All Poetry by Jamie Cortland)
  
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Reclining in a hammock,
strung high in a gazebo
by the sea,
gulls circle overhead.

Sea oats rustle softly
as sea turtles creep
home.

Wild baby's breath bloom
among sticker patches,
casting dappled shadows
upon lazy lizards sunning.

An incoming tide splashes
upon platinum sands,
as tiny sandpipers play
their never ending game
at water's edge.

As a tropical sun melts into
sparkling turquoise seas,
a flash of emerald green
brings a longing for another
afternoon in paradise.


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 Reviews of "Afternoon In Paradise"
Reviewed by Lloyd Lofthouse
Reviewed on September 5, 2008
I sure could spend a few days in this poem's setting. After reading "Afternoon in Paradise" I imagined myself there relaxing without the rush of time driving me on from one task or chore to the next. I've watched the sun melt into the horizon before but that was a long time ago. I sigh.

Reviewed by Lois Christensen
Reviewed on February 26, 2008
Glad to read this poem about the seas. Love the ocean myself and seagulls and any thing to do with this. Meaningful and lovely writing. You must be an ocean lover too.

Reviewed by Miller Caldwell
Reviewed on July 10, 2007
Yup that's a great poem. But where has summer gone this year? Yes I have a hammock but today, 10th July, I am in a wooly sweater and wondering whether I should light the coal fire.
If there is no summer here in summer, then thank you for providing me with these verses which will I will think of as my eyes shut this night.
Miller

Reviewed by Jim Dunlap
Reviewed on September 5, 2003
Reminds me of some poems by a friend of mine, Dr. Karen Springer, who
co-authored a poetry book with me (along with a couple of other people). You write'
a lot like her.

Reviewed by Joseph* OneLight*® (Reader)
Reviewed on March 12, 2003
You make me long to be in this paradise!

~Joseph

Reviewed by Lori Moore
Reviewed on May 26, 2002
Beautiful write. I hear the coast calling me.


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