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Seaworthy Summer

June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 ~ wordancerblog ~ 7 Comments

These few days by the sea are important part of my school life.  I need these days, I long for these days, I use these days to ready myself for a summer filled with travel, reading, art, and self-reflection.

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7 responses to “Seaworthy Summer”

  1. Glenda Funk Avatar
    Glenda Funk
    June 4, 2024

    Joanne,

    I’ve only been to Newport, RI once and loved it. I wish we’d had more time there. Your poem and photos have me longing to return. I wish we lived closer to the ocean. It’s a long way to the Oregon coast, 9 hours to Portland and another hour to the ocean. I read something Adam Grant said about being near water and how healing it is. No wonder we gravitate toward it. I often think of Matthew Arnold’s “Dover Beach” opening lines: “The sea is calm tonight.” That line calms.

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    Elisabeth Ellington
    June 4, 2024

    What a beautiful place! I am so glad you shared these photos. I miss living closer to the ocean, though I freely admit that when I did, I rarely went. Nothing is so restorative as being near the water, I find. What a lovely tradition to end the year with a short trip to energize you for the last days of school.

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    cmhutter
    June 4, 2024

    Your writing made it easy to visualize the sea, shore and the calm renewal it gave. The photos are wonderful. May the good feelings you brought home buoy you through these final weeks. Almost there!

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    Trish
    June 4, 2024

    I love the threads of metaphor, the sea, the ship, the sails spiriting you toward a buoyant end-of-year. My son attended URI; we have so many memories of Newport (where he got his first tattoo, for example ocean wave +sunset, no surprise.) Fitting benediction from Lucille Clifton:

    “…open your eyes to water

    water waving forever

    and may you in your innocence

    sail through this to that”

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    margaretsmn
    June 4, 2024

    Oh, I would love a trip to the beach! I live near the Gulf coast, but to get to an actual beach is a long drive east to Florida. What a wonderful way to relax before finishing the school year.

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    mbhmaine
    June 4, 2024

    I love that you take this annual trip before the end of the year to help you prepare for that final push. What a great idea! I love the ocean and am thankful to live only about 45 minutes away from fabulous beaches. I think a day wandering and cleansing sounds perfect right now. Your poem and photos say it all!

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    Denise Krebs
    June 5, 2024

    Joanne, what a special pre-summer trip. I love that you take it regularly, and it prepares you for summer. Here’s to continued self-care! I love “The sea is my worthy companion” and those photos! Lovely!

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