Sandcastles - 1. Chapter 1

23 hours ago, Backwoods Boy said:

Thanks for sharing your past and giving us this vivid journey back in time.

Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment.  These poems brought back some great memories  

22 hours ago, Parker Owens said:

These represent a beautifully painted recollection.  Your descriptions lead us to hear with your ears and see through your eyes;  I can feel the sand. Thank you.

Thank you for the lovely comment.  I'm glad you felt the journey  

19 hours ago, AC Benus said:

Three, excellent, evocative poems. But Sandcastles becomes sublime and perfect with its message that we are all such structures just before high tides. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this poem. It's stunning  

Wow... thank you so much!  I had a bit of a rough day yesterday and reading this comment really brightened it.  I really appreciate your kind and lovely words.    

13 hours ago, Geron Kees said:

Excellent, imaginative, and happily making pictures in my head. Thank you!

I'm glad you could connect with these!   I had such a great time growing up with this group of friends.  I'm glad our friendship lives on in these words, and that others appreciate them as well.   

13 hours ago, Midnightwolfpup said:

You’re writing creates a very nice picture for the readers to have a look into your past. Lots of exploring done, all to find a part of who you were with each adventure.  

Yes, exactly!  Thank you so much  

11 hours ago, raven1 said:

Your words paint a very beautiful picture dear to me.  As a child I spent a lot of time watching and feeling the changes in the beach with the same wonder you described.  This brought to me once again memories of a distant past of spending weekends with family and friends as I read Sandcastles.  Renovations reminded me of the mind games friends and I played as we hiked along trails on Mt Hood trying to tell imaginative stories of the things we saw along the hike.  Circle in the Sand captured the supernatural feeling of a campfire at night as I conversed and told stories with friends.  All poems evoked very personal feelings for me.  Thanks, Val

It sounds like we had some similar experiences in our youth.  Your comments are spot on.  Sandcastles is about a camp I used to go to with this group of friends every year.  There was a specific moment, very vivid in my memory, that I wanted to capture.  A really nasty thunderstorm came in off the lake and truly transformed the beach as I described.   That moment watching my friend is something that always stuck with me.  We used to go on hikes and take off for the day and come up with stories about the tree-people and whatever we happened to come across in our travels.  I had a couple of friends who played the guitar, and some of my best memories are listening to them play and singing along.  One of my favorite was Wish You Were Here, by Pink Floyd, hence the mention in my dedication at the end.  Thank you for your comments.  I'm so glad you re-lived these memories with me   

3 minutes ago, drsawzall said:

So well done and thank you Sir for reminding this old fart how I looked at the wonders of the world so long ago, discovering that same passion is still there!!!!

Thank you!!!

I'm glad you could relate to these.  Thank you!    

21 minutes ago, Mrsgnomie said:

Great batch to be end the first drop with. So vivid the memories.

Well done @Valkyrie. Well done. 

Thank you!