4 August: Summer Sand and Sea (rewritten)

AI Artwork, girl running on the beach. Muted colours
AI art

I think I’ll put this through the “refinery” and trim it down. The “refinery” is Joseph Harker’s method of stripping fluff out a piece of writing, and restructuring its symmetry.

Summer Sand and Sea

I.
The sun
a solitary child shining
on the sea

II.
Its waves
of tousled curls pour
out little shells

III.
A breeze
of liquid wind to breathe
upon my skin.


Written for RDP “Liquid”. Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is identified as such in the ALT text. Imagery and poems ©Misky 2023.


(The Original)
Summer Sand and Sea

I.
The sun,
like a solitary child shining
on the sea.

II.
Its waves
of tousled curls that pour
out little shells.

III.
A sea breeze
of liquid wind
to breathe upon ones skin.

6 responses to “4 August: Summer Sand and Sea (rewritten)”

  1. Subtle but significant changes – what is the method?
    Nice poem – reminds me of the vision of the girl at the end of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man…

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    1. Check your email.

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  2. What a difference a little word makes
    Buon pomeriggio, Misky

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    1. Buonasera, luv.

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  3. Yes, the change of just one word can make quite a difference.
    Roosevelt changed “a date which will live in world history” to “a date which will live in infamy,” providing the speech its most famous phrase and giving birth to the term, “day of infamy,” which December 7, 1941, is often called.
    https://rolandyeomans.blogspot.com/2023/08/no-right-path.html

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    1. And I bet a considerable percentage of the population reached for a dictionary. LOL!

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