Best Poolside Poems

On a striped deckchair
she reclines, cold drink in hand,
soaking up the sun.

Her tanned skin glistens.
Teasingly, her tongue explores
her full lower lip.

Dark blue sunglasses
subtly separate pretence
from...

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i remember
being by the pool
i was no more than ten
my grandmother
was enjoying herself
chatting and laughing
suddenly
i caught
myself thinking

it will be nice
to get to that age
and not...

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Now, Jim the Trim, you already know him
                 ...

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The sun blowtorches its way into the water, 
fragments, and the bottom is an aqua sky 
webbed by white-hot lightning. 

Here and there, legs hang...

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Four palms, one taller, the other three measure the same.
Heavily anchored in sand, all are vertical climbers of this azure sky.
Eight new fronds per palm,...

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We’re going on a break, R and R for a week.
It’ll be just my beautiful girl and me.
Plan on sitting on a beach, alone on...

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Here's a tale I've told before
about a silly teenager.
She should have walked into a door
cos' her sense of pride was in danger.

She bought a hot...

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The poem as novel

Small grapes of the morning like poetry,
cold water pulsing deep in the well,
a bag of bright nails in the yard,
the smell of...

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When my daughter was fifteen
we went on holiday to Cyprus
always a life long desire of hers
was to swim with a dolphin

Imagine her delight and joy
when...

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Two Aloha-shirted Hawaiians 
of generous girth were strumming 
their ukuleles 
on a small stage in front of the hotel’s poolside bar
in the late afternoon, 
rehearsing...

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Choice greets poise
Elegant simplicity;
Free and easy

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Joy strokes fine cheer
Love speaks clear;
With you my dear

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Quick getaway
Trip for two;
Bali moments

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Vacation trek
Precious moments;
Mountain scenery

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Poolside banter
Rest and relax;
Catchup on...

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Packrat Hell
Life choices
What to do? 
          Shoot ‘em

Desert Heat
Life choices
What to do?
    ...

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Boiling, baking and blazing,
               Other synonyms for heat.
My camel is happily...

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It’s summertime 
and Janis wails through the speakers.
I sit at my picnic table, 
papers scattered, 
and I chase perfect words
like I used to chase butterflies.

My...

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May is coming to a close;
we’re on the cusp of June.
School is out and children sing
the joys of summer’s tune.

To the park with mitt in...

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