Poetry Reading, Sunday, May 6, 2--3:30
The Barn Gallery, Ringwood Manor State Park
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Image credit: RMAA.jpeg
Featuring poets: Anna Appel
Edytta Wojnar, Joan Page-Durante
& Maude Carolan Pych
Refreshments & Open Reading to follow
1304 Sloatsburgh Road, Ringwood, NJ
Hosted by Karen Lee Ramos
And now...This week's featured poem:
Come, take a dip
in the Dead Sea, Israel
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Photo credit: pavanmickey.blogspot.com
DEAD SEA DELIGHTS
Israel Pilgrimage—2006
Earlier today
while bussing
through the region
brilliant sunrays illuminated
the Dead Sea
bedazzling us
with sparkling expanses
of cerulean and turquoise
Now, amid evening shadows
some of us slip into the sea
There is ample darkness
so we dare to reach down
for handfuls of rich
black, therapeutic mud
and slather it lavishly
over our face and body
It’s November—
the air is cool
as is the sea
nevertheless
we linger
bobbing buoyantly
in extreme saltiness
as the precious muck
squishes and oozes
through our toes
reminding us
of when we were kids
Maude Carolan Pych
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