WILMA SEVILLE

I thought I would start it off with a poem which was published in Tower Poetry Society Summer Edition 2010.

It is just a short little poem about when I was young and used to swim in the St. Lawrence River which is in the Province of Quebec, Canada.

Hope you enjoy it and can feel how the swimmer felt.

FLOATING

Minnows swim around pink runners

As I forge ahead into deeper water

Shades of green and blue shimmer

Sun beats down on bathing cap

St. Lawrence River feels cool

On such a hot and steamy day

I float upon my back

Eyes closed against the sun

Water laps gently over supine body

Arms move up and down to gentle rhythm

Feet flutter as I lazily float

Movements calm but deliberate

At peace with my little world

All anxiety at bay

One with the water

One with the world.

Copyright(c)WilmaSeville2010

Wilma Seville - one of the readers at the 60th Anniversary Celebration of Tower Poetry Society

Wilma Seville is originally from Lachine, Quebec and has lived in Montreal and Toronto and now resides in Hamilton.  She is a retired Staff Reporter for The Ambition Newspaper and is an active member of Tower Poetry Society, The Poetry Center, The New Writing Group, the Literary Arts Commitee of The Hamilton Arts Council, as well as a member of The Hamilton Club.

Her poetry and short stories have been published in England and Canada. .  She also writes for HistoriCITY and, on occasion, for her former newspaper and the Eastern Synod Lutheran newspaper.