Lasting Impressions
Footsteps on the shore, your hand in mine.
Water welcomed by sand, welcoming us,
the warmth of waves washing over heart and soul.
The impression of each step taken
where then meets now, but always now.
Once stirred, these emotions will not abandon me.
This is my response to Quadrille #99 – Poems Stirred, Not Shaken
– the prompt from De Jackson at dVerse, which is to use the word stir
in a 44-word poem that does not require meter or rhyme.
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Beautiful – both verse and video. Makes me wish I were nearer a beach!
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Thank you. I do miss being near water like that. I shot the video when we went north for my daughter’s wedding in September. It’s the beach at the Presque Isle (Erie) lighthouse, where we were married in 2017.
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Very romantic & “stirring”. Water has been the common theme of so many poems out here; most of them rife with romance; smile.
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Thank you, Glenn. 🙂
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So lovely, like those stirring waves.
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🙂 Thank you.
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Very effective multi-media presentation, Ken. Very nice poem. Warm summers at the beach can’t be beat.
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Thank you, Lisa. These days, 600 miles is about as close as I get.
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You are welcome.
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Footprints wash away in the now, but memories are forever!! Well done, Ken.
Great job on the video!
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Thank you. 🙂
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Sigh. Beaches … steps … love.
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Ah, yes.
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I like how you presented this as a video. It makes me want to give that a try.
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Thank you, Frank. It helped that I already had the video. In fact, the video came to mind within the first few words. I made the audio before I was sure I could remember when I shot the video.
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Beautiful emotions to go on forever…
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🙂 Thank you.
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Lovely message and your video is so inspiring.
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Thank you.
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In the moment, being now, love that clip too.
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Thanks, Paul.
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Most welcome Ken
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This is inspiring and lovely
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Thank you. 🙂
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Making footsteps is sand… sounds like a perfect place to be.
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It is. Thank you, Björn.
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There is definitely something in the sound of ocean waves that stirs us. Great write!
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Thank you. 🙂
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Beautiful! I could picture myself with my love in this poem.
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🙂 Thank you.
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Your first line beautifully described my father and me walking along the edge of the ocean.
This is so lovely, Ken.
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Thank you, Sara. I’m glad I could stir a favorite memory.
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😊
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