Beach Poems

 The aria of the sunburst slivers of the sky,
entwined with the cadence of your ivory feet,
winding on the pearl-rolled silver sea shore,
carves the rhythm of your footprint sculpture,
only for an enthralling while,
until scraped by the surge of the tide...Read More

I picked it up and let it run through
Reddish brown and so dry too
Then I stood and looked around
The long drought had cracked the ground

The wind blew the red dust up high
Into the clear blue azure sky
In the distance the...Read More

Will you dance with me
Under the stars near the sea
When the music floats across the water
And I’ll hold you close  like I oughta

We will laugh the night away
I will promise that I’ll stay
Then we will walk hand in hand
Along...Read More

Who’s that cow standing in the way

Moo-ove, Moo-ove

No, that’s a donkey,listen how he brays

Hee-haw, Hee-haw

I’m not the kinda man to be hurdling insults

"But that's a crazy monkey with a blabbering mouth"


Who’s that dog with the toothpaste teeth

Bow-Wow, Bow-Wow

He gobbled up...Read More

I want to buy a racehorse
So i can name it

I want to have some money left
The day after i have been paid

I want to be younger
I want to be thinner

I want to go on a beach holiday
I want to play...Read More

Floating
by Michael R. Burch
 
Memories flood the sand’s unfolding scroll;
they pour in with the long, cursive tides of night.
 
Memories of revenant blue eyes and wild lips
moist and frantic against my own.
 
Memories of ghostly white limbs …
of soft sighs
heard...Read More

There once was a great white 
Who was looking for a bite 
And there was a seashore town 
That had smiles instead of a frown 

Preparing for a 100 year celebration
With wind surfing racing 

It took a whole year of...Read More

Last night I dreamt of you,
I was sleeping and I could feel you whispering,
Putting your arms around me,
Telling me to go to sleep, 
Telling me you loved me.

Last night I dreamt of you,
The music was playing and I had you...Read More

It is hard to walk in the sand especially with boots and a heavy rifle. 
Manuel and I would sit on a rock and watch the moon give birth to 
a distant blue Africa.
Franco's Guardia Civil were not all thugs....Read More

Ocean waves gently tickle the shattered shells,
Strident seagulls briefly pierce the balmy strand.
Luring summer seems to work its magic spells
Tiny toes explore the gentle grains of sand.



15.01.20

 Excerpt taken from 'summer rispetto contest'  13 July 2018

 Arbitrium Divisa 6...Read More

Why I did it, I don’t know
Tornado of regret tortures my heart

On a moonless night, he approached 
Limping toward me as I pumped gas
Why was it fear and not compassion
With which I greeted him

Surely homeless, he must have slept ‘neath...Read More

brid  set the tone
some set all alone
some look weak
no food to eat
 some fly and seek
we teach
about 
BRIDS SITTING ON THE
BEACH



board
...Read More

IMP-EACH-MENT-AIR-DITTY - II

Coast-Guard droned and whined striding on Beach
« Who dares to teach me how to close breach ?
Hand over the saddles !
I’ll dump them in puddles !
No-one , I say, rides bareback on Leech ! »

Peach of a Teach...Read More

Ticklish wispy whiskers
I hear your faint whispers
In the dead of the night
Longing to be held tight
At first an echo soft and gentle
Sweetly sentimental
But you tremble with fear
That it will all soon disappear
Like a sand castle on the beach
Washed away out...Read More

Grab the keys let’s get into the car
Raring to go, we won’t travel too far
Everything’s packed inside the car boot
And I’ve meticulously planned our route
To the seaside for a treat this bank holiday

Everyone’s excited as we get on our way
Soon...Read More

memories

The bus is full, and the kettle is on the boil
Three children are playing on the beach
One will be a businessman one will be an architect
And the third one will be a contrarian
Critical of the social orders.
The problem with remembering...Read More

FOOTPRINTS AND SANDPIPERS

On a recent walk along the beach…where the ocean meets the land
what captured my attention were all the footprints in the sand.

We watched sandpipers darting to and fro 
tiptoeing between the water and the land
pursuing their next meal…leaving...Read More

I tried to comprehend and grasp the depth of her words to imagine the foreign reality of her world. All I heard was a clip of her conversation at an airport. She had come from afar to visit someone and...Read More

i looked over
into the other
twin bed and
heard not
words but
instead

zzz 
zzzz 
zz
zzzzz 
zz
zzz

but there was
deeper more
meaning then
what was
a snore
but was

because before
it was zzz zzzz 
zz zzzzz zz
zzz but clearly
now a different
mantra

zzz zz as
zzz zzz
zz zzz
and in
this it
can

only be said to be
randomnessly...Read More

Gathering buckets and spades the children laugh
Running back and forwards to the car, arms full
Each trip stacking more "important" beach equipment in the boot
All packed, I go inside to lock the house up
The door swings open again, someone needs the...Read More

i'm feeling
so high
though
i'm still
five foot
nine

no i'm
not but
wrote it
for the half
rhyme so it
would sound

cool but
i'm really
five foot
eight but
over weight
and soon

going on
a trip that
includes
some
beach
time

but my belly
has reached
a point where
looking down
i no longer
can see

the tips
of my
toes
but i
can
feel

them when
i want to
wiggle
them
but
must

ask the porter
not the...Read More

IN THE MIDDLE OF DISTRACTION SOMETIMES YOU NEED A LITTLE TIME TO  SILENCE THE CHATTER AND QUIET THE MIND. FEEL THE COMFORT YOU RECEIVE AS YOU BREATHE DEEPLY AND ENHANCE THE WORLD AROUND YOU WITH YOUR CALMING PRESENCE. ...Read More

some here 
and everywhere
they bring there stand
listen in the sand
to beach band
laying hold hands
the beach has no corlor
or race theyer
BEACH LOVER...Read More

Walking slowly along the beach,
That stretched as far as the eye could reach,
I heard above the seagulls screech.

Loud and piercing, the seagulls' screech,
Urgently hoping to beseech
Further sustenance for each.

It seems that mother seagulls teach
Their youngsters early how to screech,
As their...Read More

Infinity Found

If joy could just be measured in a flower,
And happiness's worth by breadth of smile,
Or all life's pleasures fit into an hour,
What of my journey fits into a mile?

I traveled far upon an ocean deep,
Then trod the land where...Read More