Summers by the Pool
Fractures of my youth
Sunshine summer spent
cool pool, barefoot, tan with joy
I'd jump in again.
Along the rough edge,
hold the wall to travel safe
to waters too deep.
Below the dive board,
ice cold jet stream flowed for us,
my brother swims first.
A horsefly crawled in
my mom's hundred curls poolside
step off; deep-end plunge.
About the Creator
Darby S. Fisher
Young and tired writer of all sorts of things.
Adventure fantasy: Skeletons: Book One
Horror fantasy: Lonely Forest
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This was wonderful! Congratulations on your Top Story!
nice
Ah, the joys of summer. But your jet streams were ice cold? Ours were always warm. Then again, I grew up in Watertown, SD where warming up the pool was pretty important a good portion of the time. Where did these memories of yours take place?
Loved this!
Congrats on top story!
You just took me back in time! I love this. Thank you for sparking not only a memory but a feeling. Congrats on top story!
Great craft
Lovely <3 Feels like a memory
So many happy days by the pool!
Playful childhood memories captured in poetic form. Well done. ❤'d and subscribed and congratulations on your Top Story!
Wonderful imagery. Congratulations on Top Story!
Congratulations! Ooh so beautiful and reminds me so much of summers at my Nana’s pool! Horsefly and all haha
I re-read these lines many times: "A horsefly crawled in my mom's hundred curls poolside step off; deep-end plunge." Such vivid imagery to digest!
Nice piece and Congratulations on your Top Story💖🎉🎉🎉🎉
Extremely creative. Great ending lines.