Has our romance tanked? Or were you just horsing around the whole time anyway?
Deep Anxiety
Azure the swell of the ocean
As it laps at my ankles and knees
Returns me to innocent ages
With its salt-scented tropical breeze
Enticing me into the water
To dance with the angels and clowns,
Those colorful fish,
Whose great subversive wish
Is that every two-legs of us drowns
- Is my luminous love anemone of the people?
Jellied Love
Wrap your arms around me, Dear,
Your thousand arms diaphanous
And slinky; pull me closer thus
And squish my spleen right out my ear—
A hug is only so refined,
Caresses valued most and best
That find me mashed against your chest
Until I’m quite out of my mind—
Crush me with adoration, squeeze
The living daylights from my heart
Till I this earthly plane depart
To ocean’s bottom, pretty please!
When love comes the raw prawn and leaves you blue . . .
Ice for the Drinking
Has love grown cold? Didst run too hot?
I’m lost now that I’ve got it not,
And plunged into a deep abyss
Where everything is dark, amiss;
Neither is it quite blue or green,
But rather some miracle in between,
That diamond shimmer’s cold allure
Demands my fealty for sure
When sun sears high and day grows long;
It plies the perfect siren song
Toward leaping in the drink to freeze
My overheated soul with breeze
Tinted with mint or Curaçao . . .
Say, I could use an ice cube now!
Ah, Ophelia, you are not alone in falling into the drink!
Art-Colored Glasses 
Great trio! I liked them all. The last two lines of the first left me smiling and my smile remained as I read on!
Oh, good! Nothing more welcome than to evoke a smile!
Love them all, but ‘anemone of the people’ is my favorite!
Nothing like an early-morning smile…
Any time of day, any way I can get ’em, I’m happy to have or give a smile. Glad you like.
:D! I love Ophellia’s drink!
There’s just something about moving, bubbling water . . .
I can’t decide if I love the photos or the poems more! How lovely and stunning. Sea dragons always make me gasp in amazement. They are my favorites to look at when we visit the Long Beach Aquarium.
Thank you, Geni! I’m extremely fond of aquarium visits myself, if it’s not already obvious from many of my photos, not to mention my longtime Fish-and-Pencils phase of drawing!
Hi,
I could forget about every other things while I read your rhythmic and sheer poetic lines. Enjoyed to the heart!
And perfect matching photo in each set. The first one stands out in its own way; 2nd, 3rd & 4th have become my favorites!! Superb post 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed these. I guess it’s obvious that I love rhythm when it comes to poems, and in some ways, that’s what I like about photographing water and things *in* water–the rhythm in their patterns and movements–too.
And squish my spleen right out my ear— Gotta laugh 🙂
I’m all about psychological and physiological accuracy, as you can see! 😀