Carousels by the Sea
revolving round and round
reaching for brass rings
to fulfill a purpose
on our brief rides
on rising tides
and falling pearl and sand-colored steeds
galloping in the weathered wooden shadows of
twinkling electric canopies
and swirling pink cotton candy clouds
spurred into motion
by faceless operators
at the center of everything
meant to bring us joy
two-faced mirrors
never seeing ourselves as others do
capture familiar scenes
of blurry-faced parents and grandparents
ever changing
fleeting
dancing to whimsical whirling notes
punched in yellowing, aging paper scrolls
filling the silver lungs of organ pipes
with temporary life
like everything
we will too soon miss
saltwater breezes
caress fixed flowing manes
always moving forward
so we never lose our way
Louis Efron is a Pushcart nominated and award-winning writer and poet who has been featured in Forbes, Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune, North Dakota Quarterly, Ginosko, Jasper’s Folly, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, A New Ulster, Flapper Press Poetry Café, PentaCat Press, Words and Whispers, Bourgeon, The Deronda Review, Young Ravens Literary Review, The Ravens Perch, POETiCA REViEW, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Academy of the Heart and Mind, Literary Yard, New Reader Magazineand over 100 other national and global publications. He is also the author of five books, including The Unempty Spaces Between (winner of the 2023 NYC Big Book Award for poetry), How to Find a Job, Career and Life You Love; Purpose Meets Execution; Beyond the Ink; as well as the children’s book What Kind of Bee Can I Be?
revolving round and round
reaching for brass rings
to fulfill a purpose
on our brief rides
on rising tides
and falling pearl and sand-colored steeds
galloping in the weathered wooden shadows of
twinkling electric canopies
and swirling pink cotton candy clouds
spurred into motion
by faceless operators
at the center of everything
meant to bring us joy
two-faced mirrors
never seeing ourselves as others do
capture familiar scenes
of blurry-faced parents and grandparents
ever changing
fleeting
dancing to whimsical whirling notes
punched in yellowing, aging paper scrolls
filling the silver lungs of organ pipes
with temporary life
like everything
we will too soon miss
saltwater breezes
caress fixed flowing manes
always moving forward
so we never lose our way
Louis Efron is a Pushcart nominated and award-winning writer and poet who has been featured in Forbes, Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune, North Dakota Quarterly, Ginosko, Jasper’s Folly, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, A New Ulster, Flapper Press Poetry Café, PentaCat Press, Words and Whispers, Bourgeon, The Deronda Review, Young Ravens Literary Review, The Ravens Perch, POETiCA REViEW, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Academy of the Heart and Mind, Literary Yard, New Reader Magazineand over 100 other national and global publications. He is also the author of five books, including The Unempty Spaces Between (winner of the 2023 NYC Big Book Award for poetry), How to Find a Job, Career and Life You Love; Purpose Meets Execution; Beyond the Ink; as well as the children’s book What Kind of Bee Can I Be?
