Best Sunblock Poems

Sunbathing martyrs
Bask in the inclination
Of August sunlight---
Alms of sunrays penetrate
Extinguishing the sunblock.

© Harry J Horsman  2011...

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BLOCKHEAD

Some folks’ say all my life I’ve been a BLOCKHEAD.
Maybe if I could have gotten through that last ROADBLOCK,
news of my incarceration wouldn’t be such...

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The heavenly blue of the morning sky is born
adorned with fluffy white clouds that entertains
my mind with pictures that out of the clouds
are torn.

Cool sand...

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the birds in the trees
and the ball hitting the glove
seems all the noise in the world
hunched like a scythe
in a hot concessions shack
the player's faces...

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My grandparents have sixty plus years of union under wraps. Five kids, a miscarriage, seven grands, ten greats, two soon to be great-greats, cancer, funerals,...

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PHANTASMAGORIA

If you don't like where you are..take a trip in your mind
Look in your brain's dark corners and see what you find
There are places a...

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I asked my kind, obliging doc
To scan my brain for writer's block.
His words I recall,
"There's nothing at all.
Your head is made of solid rock."


Blockhead

My ever...

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On a day at the beach
You have sun, you have sand
And a backdrop of ocean
To lap at the land.

If you’re there with some friends
And umbrellas...

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Summer cooking on the beach,
Slap the sunblock where I can’t reach,
Baking in this broiling sun,
Ever since the day begun.

I’m roasting alive can’t you tell?
Touch my...

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The Eve before Christmas day,
No snow but clear skies 
And visible stars
A full moon and the Milky way,
Sprinkling its magic, while
My gran and mom jam...

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Sun, 
sunshine,
sizzling rays;
so splendidly
sending us summers sensational tan.

Sunbathers swallow in the sweet sunshine;
shorts, sandals, shades,
sunblock, and 
summers
sun....

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GLOBE WARMING    BRING IT ON 


Closing down sales in fur-coat shops
Polar bears amble past Madison Avenue bus
Miami people swim to work

Fry bacon...

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In life, we must protect ourselves 
From harm, disease and pain,
With seat belts, sunblock, bug spray 
And umbrellas for the rain.

Alarms give peace of mind...

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There she is, makeup layered on, like the sunblock you wear each and every day. Dress resolutely winking your way, pulling you closer, for she's...

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The sun is playing hide and seek
Behind some fluffy clouds
Which makes it slightly overcast
And keeps away the crowds.

The temperature's a little cool,
Quite pleasant on the...

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