Some days
I wish someone could
lagoon me.
Surround me
with coral reefs,
sand bars.
Create barrier islands
to keep out hatred,
people who lack empathy.
Envelop me
in sea breezes
that waft smiles.
Let a gentle sun
warm and fan
kindness among all.
Written for dVerse, the virtual pub for poets around the globe. Today is Quadrille Monday! Melissa asks us to include the word “lagoon” in our poem of exactly 44 words, sans title. I chose to verbify the word. Photo take in Bermuda in 2018.
lillian the home poet 
Ooh I love this. I’ll join you in the lagooning. Your picture is beautiful, too. Happy to read you.☺️❤️
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Thank you, Melissa! I do think lagooning sounds like a fun past-time! 🙂
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Lagooning (and maybe cocooning) is what we need some days when the world is too darkn
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Exactly!
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How I wish Lillian. I love how you used it as a verb. I am all for the gentle sun and kindness.
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Wouldn’t it just be marvelous if we could go lagooning for at least one day a month? 🙂
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A beautiful wish, and the imagery totally “lagooned” me. Enjoyed this, Lill.
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So glad you enjoyed, Dora!
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I’m delighted to see you’re back with a lagoon poem, Lill, and I love how you used the prompt word as a verb. I also love the thought of being enveloped ‘in sea breezes that waft smiles’.
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Thanks you, Kim. Good to be back! I missed the pub.
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We missed you!
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Let’s all go lagooning! What a lovely place you created, Lillian.
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I do think the idea of lagooning is a wonderful one! 🙂 Glad you did too.
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A lovely dream, Lillian. Beautiful photo, too!
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Thank you, Merril. Bermuda is a beautiful place….we went there for 5 years in a row, the months of January and February. And the water really is this beautiful color!
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You’re welcome, Lillian!
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Beautiful prayer in the last stanza.
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Never thought of the last stanza as a prayer….but reading it, Amen to that!
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Lillian, your Quadrille is a poetic sanctuary, beautifully expressing the yearning for a lagooning embrace. The imagery of coral reefs, sand bars, and barrier islands as shields against negativity is so soothing. Your words create a vivid refuge of kindness and empathy. Lovely piece!
~David
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David, thank you so very much. You truly understood what I was getting at here. Somedays I really do feel a need for a sanctuary from the 24/7 news cycle, the negativity. So glad you enjoyed it.
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I really like this Lill. ❤️
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I’m so glad! Happy New Year to you and TJ!
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Yes, please. I love the idea of being lagooned. I could not think of anything better.
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So glad you enjoyed!
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A beautiful weaving of words to illustrate one’s desire to be more one with Nature.
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Thank you for the lovely comment! 🙂
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Your wonderful poem speaks for all of us, when we watch the news and see all that is happening around us. Sometimes it is overwhelming to hear about.
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That’s a wonderful verb. I hope you enjoy many lagoonings. Have a lagoonicious new year!
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Brilliant. I would not have thought of the lagoon as safety, but of course it is
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That would be nice, wouldn’t it? Might get a bit lonely though. I know my lagoon would be pretty exclusive 🙂
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Lovely piece, great imagination!
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Aaaaahhhhh….
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Wow! Love this, Lillian.
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Lillian, your poem makes “lagoon” a wonderful verb…surrounding us with serenity!
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That’s a lovely thought to be “lagooned” as you called it.
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Great title. I love this wish and that creatively used “lagooned”
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I share your thought Lillian 🙂
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That would be lovely for our world.
May there be more kindness & empathy!
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Great poem, and an interesting new verb in “lagoon me”
“Create barrier islands / to keep out hatred, / people who lack empathy.” – great verse
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