I’m writing this from sunny Florida where I’ll be performing at my brother’s wedding this week. Other featured attractions include a pool party and a rehearsal dinner, and today, I’ll be having lunch with my future sister-in-law and her friends. It promises to be a fun and exciting week.
I’ve visited Jupiter, Florida, several times since my brother moved here, and I’ve always had a wonderful time, even last Christmas when I came down with a nasty flu bug that confined me to bed for a few days. My visits have inspired several poems including the one that appears in my new chapbook, That’s Life, due out at the end of August by Finishing Line Press. I’ll paste it below.
THE LAST TIME I WAS IN FLORIDA
I walked next to the ocean in Jupiter,
felt warm sand between my toes,
cool ocean waves against my feet,
enjoyed a picnic lunch near the Loxahatchee River,
then putt putted in a boat that saw better days
to an island once inhabited by a trapper,
ate fried chicken on a beach at high tide,
delicious fresh seafood at a place called Leftovers,
heard cool jazz in a club.
I can’t wait to go back.
What interesting places have you visited? To hear a recording of me singing one of the songs I‘ll perform at my brother’s wedding, go to https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15213189/annie%27s%20song.mp3 .
Abbie Johnson Taylor, Author of We Shall Overcome and How to Build a Better Mousetrap: Recollections and Reflections of a Family Caregiver and That’s Life: New and Selected Poems
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