The poem I want to share with you today was written about one of my favorite places on Earth. While on pilgrimage, after a day of touring, some of us decided to take an early evening break and went for a luxurious dip in the great salt lake known as The Dead Sea.
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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