A warm welcome back to Syd Blackwell with his fourth entry in this year's Travel Highlights Competition. I especially enjoyed his latest piece of poetry and hope you do as well.
SUNSET
From the sandstone bluffs
that rise abruptly
above the sand at Atlántida
the summer sun had not yet set
From the perspective of the beach
it was just disappearing
and a ripple of clapping
rolled into a wave
A mostly standing ovation
for this day’s duration
thank you for the sun now done
Applause crept up the bluffs
until all about me
homage was paid
to the sun
for the day it had made
From the sandstone bluffs
that rise abruptly
above the sand at Atlántida
the summer sun had not yet set
From the perspective of the beach
it was just disappearing
and a ripple of clapping
rolled into a wave
A mostly standing ovation
for this day’s duration
thank you for the sun now done
Applause crept up the bluffs
until all about me
homage was paid
to the sun
for the day it had made
Syd Blackwell
I was born in a little ski town that used to be a gold mining town in the mountains of southeastern British Columbia. I also lived on the coast, on Vancouver Island, in the north, and even in northern Alberta for a decade. I visited every province and territory in Canada, and more than 40 other countries. I was an educator, an innkeeper, and an assisted living facilitator. My life was rich with experiences before I left Canada less than two months before my 61st birthday.
Uruguay, has been our home for more than a decade. My wife and I share our home with our five dogs. And quite a few visitors. We have found time in our retirement to do things we never seemed to find time to do before. I have found time to be a writer and an artist. Both give me great pleasure. We have continued to travel, particularly in South America.
I was born in a little ski town that used to be a gold mining town in the mountains of southeastern British Columbia. I also lived on the coast, on Vancouver Island, in the north, and even in northern Alberta for a decade. I visited every province and territory in Canada, and more than 40 other countries. I was an educator, an innkeeper, and an assisted living facilitator. My life was rich with experiences before I left Canada less than two months before my 61st birthday.
Uruguay, has been our home for more than a decade. My wife and I share our home with our five dogs. And quite a few visitors. We have found time in our retirement to do things we never seemed to find time to do before. I have found time to be a writer and an artist. Both give me great pleasure. We have continued to travel, particularly in South America.
