Terrifying, soothing, a rite of summer; people are of different minds when it comes to swimming. So bring out your inner lifeguard, and let's haiku about it! Feel free to discuss any aspect of the swimming experience...
Here, I will go first:
The pool lays chilly
And covered in fish flies
Summer blonde cries: Go!
Now it is your turn! Just use the 5/7/5 syllable scheme, and have some fun!
It looks so easy
ReplyDeleterelaxing and athletic
But boy am I slow.
Crystal Beach: shades on,
ReplyDeletetunes on, sippin' sumthin cold,
cruisin' up and down
All that water but
no way will I swim; more fun
to see and be seen
Besides, the Gulf spits
up tar balls, stainin' my suit;
plus wet hair? AS IF!
Smooth, glass like, toe dips...
ReplyDeleteRipples spread, dive, stroke, mindful...
In my own world, lost...
Arm reaches forward
ReplyDeleteCatch, pull, finish; feet flutter
I find my balance
swimming for fitness...
ReplyDeleteIt is great exercise, but
when tired, you might drown.
My aching shoulder
ReplyDeleteForty eight years of swimming
will do that to you
The Medievalist
ReplyDeleteSwims like a rock in water,
Sink, sank, sunk, the end.
A foot, then calf, knee
ReplyDeleteDelaying the icy blast
Until: plunge, shock, swim
Sun warms my shoulders
ReplyDeleteDappled light plays all around
Peace with every stroke
Municipal pool
ReplyDeleteperfect water: clear, cool, clean
Except those fish flies!
Oh stinky fish flies
ReplyDeleteDrifting lifeless in the pool
Where's the skimmer?
I stare at the clouds
ReplyDeleteWater beneath me, weightless,
Drifting with the tide.
Going down for the
ReplyDeleteThird time,my mortality
Swam before my eyes.
In a college pool
They threw me a long pole
Forced to sink or swim.
It was amber like
ReplyDeleteBeer,this irrigation ditch water.
Floating green algae
Bubbles,we swam like
Slimy eels,but didn't worry
About drowning. And
Occasionally
Left citrine liquid gifts when
Time and nature called.