West of Paia is a reef pool at Baby beach.
Swam there.
A gentle current not unlike a training pool,
Protected from waves, only a few spill over.
And the view:
Beyond the nearby rocks,
Past waves breaking,
The eastern hills of the west crater;
A four propeller plane banks southward,
Against the clouds,
Which hover about the unseen upper reaches.
After we played in the waves at Baldwin,
We walked the angled beach,
And take a snack before heading west,
To the part of the island
Shaped like a human head
(If viewing from above, or on a map.)
Swam there.
A gentle current not unlike a training pool,
Protected from waves, only a few spill over.
And the view:
Beyond the nearby rocks,
Past waves breaking,
The eastern hills of the west crater;
A four propeller plane banks southward,
Against the clouds,
Which hover about the unseen upper reaches.
After we played in the waves at Baldwin,
We walked the angled beach,
And take a snack before heading west,
To the part of the island
Shaped like a human head
(If viewing from above, or on a map.)