local_library Lagoon Song

by Buffy Noble

Published in Issue No. 194 ~ July, 2013

deep in the hawaiian laguna

deep in the palm frond lagoon

there’s an animal that waits

for you softly

there’s an animal waiting for you

 

and the warm sweet air is swaying

as the waves stroke the land

and the sea,

and the smell

of the air is hibiscus

and the smell of the earth

is the sea

 

and under the milk clear moon

ukuleles softly swell

as the sea

and the leaves

dance like dancing hips

and the swell of the boys

in the sea

 

deep in the hawaiian laguna

deep in the palm frond lagoon

there’s an animal that waits

for you softly

there’s an animal waiting for you

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Buffy Noble is a poet and writer from North Yorkshire, U.K., currently living in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2012 she was awarded a writer’s residency in the USA, by Colorado Art Ranch. She has performed her poetry internationally and was the winner of the Write Queer London 2012 poetry competition. She cannot predict where she will end up. Just now, she has left the room to make a cup of tea. http://buffynoble.wordpress.com