TAKE A HIKE
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There were times when I was young…when I got on my parent’s nerves…
when I did things they did not like…
when they wanted me out of their hair they might tell me, “Go take a hike”
Of course th...
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Categories:
boardwalks, nature,
Form: Rhyme
An August Goodbye
...A leonine sun of August's stately presence,
see the maple and oak leaves,
no longer a fresh green of youth.
Children will put their beach pails away,
when September's boughs drop acorns.
It's ...
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Categories:
boardwalks, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
NIGHT HIKE
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We took a guided hike through a park last night…a beautiful natural preserve.
and in the dark it is amazing…all the things we could observe.
As the crickets serenaded us…at an alligator on the ...
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Categories:
boardwalks, nature,
Form: Rhyme
San Diego Calling
...For a fun vacation, I suggest San Diego might be for you
A city with lots of sunshine and warm temperatures and plenty to do
Its proximity to the border gives you lots of Mexican food choices to tr...
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Categories:
boardwalks, vacation,
Form: Rhyme
In Search of a Great White Butt Ox
...We embarked on an adventure
That was quite quixotic
A scientific dream quencher
Searching for exotics
We started where we thought made sense
Out on the sunning docks
Where perhaps there’d be ...
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Categories:
boardwalks, humorous, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Whipped-Cream Waves of Desire
...O, to dream of mythic trails, velvet underfoot
to float on whipped-cream waves of desire
To feel your soft contours sigh in sync with mine
mint vapors to inhale, on moonstruck wishes to ...
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Categories:
boardwalks, moon, romance, sun,
Form: Couplet
The Scent of Summer's Day
...Breezes on boardwalks
that carry its essence
Suntans are fragranced
by its very presence
Beach balls are bandied
within its cachet
Wh...
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Categories:
boardwalks, appreciation, beach, day, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Whisper Sweet Harvest Moon
...Whisper sweet harvest moon
Cradle me in cooler climes
Softly show me how willingly the tree let's
Its leaves turn from green to gold
The tree does not complain of age and change
The Leaves do ...
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Categories:
boardwalks, age, environment, heaven, nature,
Form: Free verse
I Will Watch the Sunrise and the Moon Set
...I will watch the sunrise and the moon set
I will taste oysters and reap mint
I will harvest vegetables from the farm stand
I will live as an orphan adopted
finding joy in rain and in snow
I ...
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Categories:
boardwalks, age, beautiful, celebration, courage,
Form: Free verse
The Meeting Place
...Where will we meet again?
In snow, when the villages
Are buried in a whiteness
That only a polar bear,
Rolling in the fray of a midnight blizzard
Could match?
Or...
Rendezvous in mid summ...
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Categories:
boardwalks, adventure,
Form: Free verse
Atlantic City Summer
...Ice cream and ices, ice cream and ices
Get your fudgywugies here is screamed
Heard clear emerging from the tunnels
Under the boardwalks promenade shadows
Loud and clear come good humor men in wh...
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Categories:
boardwalks, age, appreciation, happy, image,
Form: Free verse
Along the Shore
...Along the Shore
children playing by the score
thrashing, crashing waves endure
echoing power by the hour
The smell of salt is in the air
beach balls bouncing everywhere
seagulls drifting by ...
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Categories:
boardwalks, beach,
Form: Rhyme
Opened Eyes
...Opened eyes see beyond horizons everything
Behind the dirty ears of crying babies in the bath
Look up to see the future through the galaxies
Go through red lights at 80 miles per second speeding...
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Categories:
boardwalks, appreciation, beauty, fashion, image,
Form: Free verse
The Sea Shore
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sparkling dancing sea waves touch the shore with flowing magic
of cobalt blue filaments that reflect the sky above
oh endless the huge expanses of pristine shoreline
and the jagged seawa...
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Categories:
boardwalks, sea,
Form: Free verse
One Horse Town
...One Horse Town
The boardwalks full of people only two stood in the street.
The showdown of the century counting down to thirty feet.
Black Bart said this towns too small for you and I to bot...
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Categories:
boardwalks, fantasy, fun, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme
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