white coral sand,
wet black lava,
tropical seas,
the summery sky!
every day seems
a wonderful dream.
we eat shave ice
but not much
ice cream.
a secret beach
seems such an idea!
down a private road,
(we asked the young
guard for access,
quickly granted)
we were on our way.
a narrow road on
white coral sand,
a gift from the bowels
of many parrotfish,
and we are grateful.
a wonderful
uncrowded beach.
we carried on,
to welcome shade
beneath hot
sunny skies.
in black and white,
feeling, no surprise.
I make photos to make myself feel good; I share in hope of making you feel good. I do as much as I can in the camera, but it does not always end there.
Part of making an image in the 21st century is processing a captured image in the computer. This is like dodging and burning in the darkroom of yesterday. (I've done that.)
I use Photoshop cc and Lightroom cc. The result is not always what I saw, maybe what I wish I saw. Sometimes, the resulting image is a creation more than a recording. Most of the time, I keep it believable and realistic.
I have a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing and my family has had writers in the family tree. My dad loved to tell stories. But I don't think that he made them up.
I have shared thousands of my poems on the internet, to a considerable audience and I'm considering making a selection of them, in a book or books.
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10 thoughts on “Coral Sand, Black Lava”
Nice poem! The first time I saw black sand was in Hawaii!
Murray Robertson (photography & poems) 
Nice poem! The first time I saw black sand was in Hawaii!
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Thank you for the kind words arielaonthego!
Rhay have white sand, black sand, even green sand!
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Coooooool! 🙂
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Wonderful poetry and photography
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Thank you for the kndnesses d.a.!
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It’s a pleasure
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A nice quiet walk. The only white I see these days are hefty piles of snow.
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Thank you wolfsrusebud!
We have snow too. I shovelled the driveway twice yesterday. I have more shovelling to do today.
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