Our host today for the 23rd day of VerseLove 2025 is Barb Edler of Iowa. You can read Barb’s full prompt here. Today, she inspires us to create list poems.
Things You Might See in FDR State Park in Georgia on a Springtime Weekend
a trio of Segwayers gliding over the Delanor Lake bridge
a pair of kayakers paddling in the late morning sunshine
a young barefoot boy running up a hill with a shovelful of something to dump in his bucket
a family fishing off the dock
a couple on bikes, one pulling a child seat, with a Collie running between them
a man paddling a jon boat with a woman fishing off the back
a lone female with worn boots and a tent backpack and hiking poles entering a trailhead
two squirrels flipping through the hardwood canopy like Cirque du Soleil gymnasts
a hammock strung between two trees with a reader flipping pages
a Brown Thrasher, the State Bird, breakfasting on worms on the mountaintop
a Magnolia tree with shiny leaves reflecting the sunlight like mirrors
campers and tents of every size and color nestled beneath the trees along the lake
a wooden footbridge with a mysterious cave entrance….a possum’s cottage?
a group of kids circling a table, working on a camp craft
me, raising a Mason jar of sweet tea, offering you a chair
come sit with me and watch the happy world for a while!
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