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.
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
Experience Writing 
This is exquisitely drawn! 💜💜
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Sounds like you’re properly cherishing the day. Happy you have family visiting to share it with.
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So important to give in to a day like that and laze stuffed with rays.
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Your post, in its entirety, pure delight!!!! Summery delight.
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Yay!
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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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“Exhausted by joy” indeed. We all need just such exhaustion that’s “ablaze” with the bliss of this poem.
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Glad you liked it.
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It sounds so nice to be thus exhausted…. love it.
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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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Det låter trevligt.
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Ja, jette. Hans dotter ville se “the Mall,” så min mor åker till “Southcenter.” (I told her not to get shot).
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Wonderful Marial…. 🙂✌🏼🫶🏼
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Thank you.
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