The song of the seashell and the breaking wave, the song the moonbeam makes upon the silent sky, the song of flip flops as they walk on sand, the singing the blades of grass create under my bare feet, the song I sing while putting a baby to sleep...soft and hush and murmurs running deep. The stinging bee-stung song and the echo of sweet honey pretty-please. The song of the rolling pin and the tea kettle early in the morn, the singing of v-a-c-a-t-i-on in the back of the pick-up truck, the cracking song of the baseball bat, the song that tips my hat, the song of shower tears as they splash on the floor, the singing snore, the song of campfires and playing hearts, the song of you and me, the song of spitting fire and ice cubes in a glass. The song of long hot summers and the melody of long ago.
Photo: An Angel singing a song with a seashell in Venice Italy.
love all the songs you hear!
so happy to hear from you!
i am doing fine...on the mend...
:) mary ann xo
Posted by: mary ann | 25 June 2006 at 01:57 PM
I love the sea and the gifts from it darling one!
Blessings
Love you!
Jeanne
Posted by: Jeanne | 25 June 2006 at 02:17 PM
Ooh, I love all these delicious sounds of summer that you've captured here. Beautiful! xo
Posted by: Paris Parfait | 25 June 2006 at 02:25 PM
The cadence of your song here is so soft and soothing.
Posted by: Rebekah | 25 June 2006 at 04:41 PM
Splendid lyrical post! I love all those sounds of summer and sea.
Posted by: mikim | 25 June 2006 at 04:46 PM
You described the song in a rural area so well. I'm afraid that here you have to add in the singing of tires on the highway, the rumbling song of construction equipment in the distance, the song of sirens at the intersection... not the same sweet sweet song near the sea!
Posted by: Cat | 25 June 2006 at 05:11 PM
Well you've got me smiling comme habitude though I'd like to cry instead :(
:)
Posted by: carolg@ParisBreakfasts | 25 June 2006 at 05:23 PM
beaUtiful as always...you're singing the song exactly the way I imagine it everyday! xoxo
Posted by: berrie | 25 June 2006 at 05:35 PM
beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Posted by: josephine | 25 June 2006 at 05:47 PM
These were music to my ears. Beautifully written :)
Posted by: Tammy | 25 June 2006 at 07:40 PM
what a beautiful list of summer songs!
Posted by: bb | 25 June 2006 at 08:12 PM
I have sung my love song all week-end together with my dear one at our summer cabin.......
I love the Venice angle, just as I love Venice and go back again and again.
Posted by: Britt-Arnhild | 25 June 2006 at 09:13 PM
A marvelous catalog of the music of life, those everyday sounds that create their own special symphony. Thank you for reminding me how beautiful they are!
Posted by: becca | 25 June 2006 at 09:20 PM
Ah, the siren song of the sea and vacation. Thanks for bringing me along.
Posted by: Mardougrrl | 25 June 2006 at 09:22 PM
So you gave into the flip flops. I knew you would!
Posted by: Nicole | 25 June 2006 at 09:34 PM
oh I loved the melody of this one...
Posted by: diana | 25 June 2006 at 09:40 PM
the sounds many of us take for granted and never really hear, you bring to life.. thanks :)
Posted by: duhhhblond | 25 June 2006 at 10:18 PM
YES! There is music everywhere...if only we would listen... Love your take on this prompt.
Posted by: Marilyn | 25 June 2006 at 11:14 PM
...and the sweet musical sound of laughter!
I bet your family is delighting in the sound of yours Corey!
Posted by: Mrs. Staggs | 26 June 2006 at 12:14 AM
Music is where you hear it. Sounds of life.
Posted by: AnnieElf | 26 June 2006 at 12:36 AM
This makes me want to inhale all of summer.
Posted by: deirdre | 26 June 2006 at 01:45 AM
That was so lovely and such a clever way of looking at it. But you are, aren't you!??
Lovely, lovely lovely x
Posted by: madeleine | 26 June 2006 at 02:29 AM
Where do you come up with these ideas for your posts!I am here in Arizona ( on vacation) and no sea here so I read about it in your gift of words.Reminds me of "Gifts of the Sea"
Posted by: naturegirl | 26 June 2006 at 02:36 AM
I love this. I heard each song just as you described it. Beautiful.
Posted by: Melba | 26 June 2006 at 03:34 AM
This was awesome... beautiful.
Posted by: bella | 26 June 2006 at 03:44 AM
Poetry poetry poetry! All these words are poetry, Corey!
:)
Posted by: amber | 26 June 2006 at 06:01 AM
what a lovely song! leaves me longing for my vacation :)
Posted by: jennifer | 26 June 2006 at 07:29 AM
beautiful poetry!
Posted by: susan@artstream | 26 June 2006 at 01:45 PM
Classic summer moments...
I wear flip flops daily, just so I can hear them flip and flop.
Posted by: Shannon L | 26 June 2006 at 02:05 PM
Just beautiful, both your words and writing and my reaction to it.
Posted by: Shannon (Sentimental) | 26 June 2006 at 02:06 PM
beautifully written...
bjs
paula
Posted by: simple me | 26 June 2006 at 04:01 PM
What a different rhythm your holiday back-home self strums to - the tune of open spaces, I can feel the breeze. Glad your enjoying it all.xx
Posted by: Kit | 26 June 2006 at 04:44 PM
Lovely...as usual from you.
Posted by: Carrie Sommer | 28 July 2006 at 04:45 PM
This is beautiful...so serene
Ouissi x
Posted by: Ouissi | 29 July 2006 at 03:12 PM
What a great poem/writting!
Posted by: Anke | 29 July 2006 at 04:58 PM
What a great poem/writting!
Posted by: Anke | 29 July 2006 at 04:58 PM