At First Light

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At First Light

At first light the rolling fog
Sits perched just above the tide
Hovering, unmoved by the sea below
A tiny crab disappears
into its hidey hole in the sand
Shells scattered like confetti
waiting to be bleached by the
morning sun, yet to show its face
Mine the only footprints to mark
their presence on the pristine beach
Soon to be crowded with bodies
lined up like sardines in a can
smothered in oil
These silent moments alone
Precious and priceless


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Sarah is hosting D'Verse Poets and gave us some fascinating prompt words
that are actually names of paints.  Here is the list:
* Trumpet
* Tea with Florence
* Chemise
* Confetti
* Goblin
* Mirror
* Rolling fog
* First light
* Hidey hole
* Masquerade
We were to choose one or more to inspire our poem. I chose four:
First light, confetti, rolling fog and hidey hole.

Published by Christine Bolton

I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

19 thoughts on “At First Light”

    1. Thank you Sarah, yes I agree! Loved the prompts you provided for this challenge ☺️💕

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  7. “Mine the only footprints to mark their presence on the pristine beach/Soon to be crowded with bodies lined up like sardines,”.. love this! Such a wonderfully vivid description sigh 😀 nothing like being by yourself on the beach and soaking up your surroundings ❤️❤️

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  8. I love these words of early morning on the beach before it becomes a sea of lotioned humanity!

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  9. Oh I read this without knowing the prompt and thought it was beautiful and so healing as we entered this early morning world. And the so clever to interweave all those prompt words into such poetic images.

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