Archive for February 2020
Mr. Wood Duck
By Audrey Carter
Never miss a sunrise
Pretty in pink
Kayak Mascots – Island Pond, Swim the Kingdom Week 2018
By Paula J. Yankauskas
8 Lakes in 9 days – Swim the Kingdom Week (Vermont Northeast Kingdom), annual event in August since 2013. This photo is at the second lake, Island Pond in Brighton, Vermont. Each swimmer is required to have a kayak escort. The swimmers in this lake scene have been to Lake Cane! Not surprisingly, as it is part of marathon swimming rounds.
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Underwater Hockey (Haiku)
Tasty Morsel
By Danielle Zepess
I lurk
I rise
I lunge
I feast
savoring this tasty treat
It starts
It cries
It flails
It groans
as my teeth crunch up its bones
Read MoreAdvice from a fellow swimmer
By Michael Zahn
As you crawl through fog, wind, waves and wakes,
on Cane or any other lakes,
don’t assume the boaters see you!
You might wear orange,
you might wear yella,
but you are still invisible, fella!
The boaters don’t mean to clip your ass,
but you are slow and they are fast.
So please show caution, give right of way
and live to stroke another day.
Read MoreUnashamed
By Michael Zahn
Too fat to be a swimmer?
Stupid, foolish prattle!
Look at the bodies of the folks
who swim the English Channel
What about alligators?
By Michael Zahn
The lake’s an invitation —
take it if you dare!
Afraid today? No will to stay?
Tomorrow she’ll still be there.