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The Sounds of the Surf, Rock

The sounds of the surf From their fluid dynamics Wind generated waves Worldwide panoramic Capillary waves Chorused and light Charming all shores Touching delight Swells of the seas In cacophony of crash Waves in watery meet Like a guitar solo by Slash Every so often The rogue wave hits home Tsunami, the wall In kettle drum drone The breaking wave As two waters meet The sound of their notes in collision Like Neil Peart's drum beat Shallow water waves Boussinesq equations Frequency dispersions Like Rock's best creations As the waves hit our shores Wave shoaling, refraction The applause as they meet The Rolling Stone's satisfaction The sound of the surf's rock It's just like music to me They achieve various notes Like the Kink's " Set me Free " I enjoyed Sara Kendrick's poem " Sounds of the Surf " So i took up her challenge. My poem has Rock and Scientific tones. http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/nature.php

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Date: 9/13/2009 5:44:00 PM
This Is "A G R E A T" Poem... Going Into My Fav's... Loved It. Music... Ocean (Everybody-Wave....) For James Talent... Glad I Found It! MoonBee
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Date: 9/11/2009 7:37:00 AM
Outstanding writing James. I have to admit I needed my dictionary for the first round of reading it. Thank you for your kind comments. Love, Carol
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Date: 9/10/2009 11:06:00 PM
This makes me wish I was back home in Florida. Man I hate being land locked. Thanks for all your comments and support in my contest. Nate
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Date: 9/10/2009 6:35:00 PM
great sounds! great poem! Highlander!...jim
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Date: 9/10/2009 6:05:00 PM
Rock on! Any poem about the ocean I cant help but love. This is a different look at its music. ( I have to find out about the Kinks..I am so uninformed..sigh.) BG
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Date: 9/10/2009 3:16:00 PM
Fun pairing of waves and music, James. I never thought of waves in terms of rock music before. I'll have to listen differently the next time I'm at the beach. Krista
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Date: 9/10/2009 2:01:00 PM
interesting blend! Light & Love
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Date: 9/10/2009 1:42:00 PM
You've got me smiling with this one. Nice use of sound and visual imagery. You answered the challenge in style. Keep on writing. Karen
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Date: 9/10/2009 1:36:00 PM
Well Mr. Fraser,..you truly did a fantastic write here my friend ! Poetry HAS been challenged and I do believe by the pulse I am trying to retrieve,...that it has been met ! Another beautiful work for my Fav's ! TY James ! james
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Date: 9/10/2009 12:55:00 PM
Tremendous job with this one. Amazing how different points of view can not clash but mesh. Thanks for taking the challenge. Keep writing. Sara
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Date: 9/10/2009 12:52:00 PM
Never thought of it that way before, but the thrashing of the sea on the coastal rocks can sound like rock music. Love the references to the Rolling Stones and the Kinks. At the beach today there was a gale - huge hurricane out in the Atlantic, but not expected to make landfall here. Surfers were having some great rides! Love you, Highlander. Carolyn
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