Fred Howard Park – Tarpon Springs, Florida
Let me sit here for awhile I thought
contemplating the morning sea
the cloudless sky, the sandy shore
all lovely, bathed in light.
I really did see it for a moment;
now, eyes shaded, I am pretending
daydreaming of Summers when young;
memories filled with the sensuality of the shore
for she had walked by, a body electric
tall, a perfectly turned ankle
worthy in itself of worship
limbs formed by the Gods
a sculptor’s deft touch to hip and breast.
I watch the waves rise
as if lifted by her fingertips
desire structuring the water
a world created in an instant
and in a moment collapsing
annulling a world
created and destroyed
without end.
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Always loved that version of ‘Girl From Ipanema’.
The park looks very different to what we know as a park here, but I like the ocean views, and the palm trees too.
Best wishes,from England. Pete.
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Hi Pete – Fred Howard Park really is a “park” with the usual trees and picnic areas – but it also has a glorious island beach connected by a causeway. It is frequented by locals and their northern visitors but rarely by :tourists” who don’t know where it is.
🙂
Regards
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