MEDITERRANEAN MUSINGS
SAPPHICS
Deeply lucent waves ride to rocky margin
Like a turquoise ink spread on shining platter
Bearing cargoes sometime of Egypt from the
Nile and the desert.
Bathers feeling buoyed by the warming waters
Keep their heads above creamy surf that carries
All with easy swell giving gentle pleasure,
Body-caressing.
Lizards flick on bright rocks in vivid manner,
Darting drily to-fro, their feet a fleeting
Ballet solar-bred, keen choreography
Quick and surprising.
Grapes and limes, high sun, dusty earth and flinty
Roads winding, create fair the pulsing fabric
Making Cyprus strong, rich, a fertile island
Festively fragrant.
~ Stanley ~