My Perfect Place
“I’d read your grocery list” challenge
Saturday: 7:10am:
- Salt and insect spray…
keep the leeches and mossies at bay… 😉
emerald, ruby and yellow leaf litter rustles
whilst Whip Birds whistle.
Sunlight shimmers liquid gold on the crater lake,
as round the muddy, red trail, we lazily make.
- Crispy bread rolls and barbecue snags…
are a great brekkie when our energy flags.
- Sunscreen and floppy hat…
floating adrift, stroking, paddling… enjoying a leisurely chat.
- White chocolate, chips and Iced Coffee…
accompany our gripping novels, ‘til the next rain scud causes us to flee.😳
Saturday: 15:23
- Soothing Aloe Vera…
sometimes, sadly… there’s a price to pay…
for even the most gloriously relaxing day!🥹
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Written for Mackenzie Davis’ “I’d Read your Grocery List” challenge…
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This was such a creative way to describe your ideal day out, even if might not have ended ideally... 😅 Nice work!
Crater Lake is gorgeous. I am #pnw. Lovely descriptions and photo.
Very well done. Felt like I was there. And Crater Lake what a place to have as a favorite place. Loved the way the trees frame the foreground with the lake sitting in the background in the pic.
True. Just so true.
What a beautiful, dramatic and lyrical poem!
Beautifully done -Love the sense of place and the emotions it stirs and the ending made me smile. Always a darned price to pay! 🤍
Oh excellent approach to re-creating the atmosphere of this place! Stunning. I like how you used the prompt to wind such a sensory-heavy poem. It really works well!
Awww, they got sun burned! This was a brilliant story you told through a grocery list! I loved it!
Sounds like a wonderful place