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This poem is included in my Book/eBook ‘Clive’s Uni-Verse – A Cornishman’s take on life’.  Published by Olympia Publishers in Jan 2022.  Just one of a 100 of my best-loved poems included in this book,

 

Chariots of the Surf

Surf’s up,
Heads are down,
Timing their move,
Concentrated frown,
Salt lips,
Hard swallow,
Adrenalin pumping, 
There is no tomorrow,
The white horses charge,
Their chariots follow,
Surfing speeding waves,
Above a spray crested hollow,
For just a few seconds,
Taming the waves,
Anticipating the way
That nature behaves,
With triumphant abandon,
And balance supreme,
Living the moment, 
Living the dream …
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Woodrow Avatar
January 24, 2021 at 9:22 AM
very nice :)
Blake Avatar
January 25, 2021 at 11:27 PM
Thank you :)
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