All a Figment of My Imagination

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If the reporter from the movie Hot Fuzz (assoc link) asked me to describe my perfect Sunday, I would only have to recall yesterday. My first real summer day this year. It was plant and swim day topped off with family time with my nieces. I finally went to the garden center and picked up potting soil and garden “fixer.” I got nice and sweaty planting herbs and vegetable then jumped in the lake and swam, and when I needed to warm up, I did it again. Gorgeous, wonderful, exhausting, and fun.

Body of Water by Maria L. Berg 2024

Today’s Poem

I love today’s word for Quadrille Monday at dVerse Poets Pub, “figment.”

Exhausted by Joy

Summer days adrift
in a surreal haze
each glint of light on a wave
a sparking figment at play
with my mind ablaze
I desire the keys
to make real my ideas
but willed by a weight
I laze stuffed with rays
so warm

Light on the Water by Maria L. Berg 2024

Published by marialberg

I am a fiction writer, poet and lyricist inspired by a life of leaping without hesitation. I was quoted and pictured in Ernie K-Doe: The R & B Emperor of New Orleans by Ben Sandmel. My short stories have been published in Five on the Fifth, Waking Writer, and Fictional Pairings. I am the author and photo-illustrator of Gator McBumpypants picturebooks. I enjoy clothing, costume and puzzle design.

14 thoughts on “All a Figment of My Imagination”

  5. Summer days can be summer daze…..I think of our times by the ocean and watching the sun dance on the tips of the waves….they could be little fairy sprites dancing in the salty air feeling the spray of the water….ah but I do have those imaginings on hot summer daze! 🙂 Love your take on the word.

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    1. Thanks. My Swedish brother, Magnus (haven’t seen since 2005), and his kids (just met) are visiting. So fun to hear and speak Swedish again. It’s going to be a great June!

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