Bone Beach
...Great surfing you may not have guessed
can be found in the upper northwest.
In a full rubber suit
the great whites think looks cute,
the dawn patrol shreds the gnar best.
Seems the beaches wer...
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Categories:
lifeguards, beach,
Form: Limerick
A Beach Scene
...A Beach Scene
Ocean waves
Ocean breezes
Turquoise seas
Ninety degrees
Coconut trees
High tides
Swinging hammocks
Sky Juice
Pink Sand
Tidal pools
Sea Shells
Conch Shells
Sand castles
Sw...
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Categories:
lifeguards, beach,
Form: List
Here's A Thought
...Deep in thought, need release,
one can involve nighttime
and wish upon a star
cautious bout the answer
it falls right where you are.
Deep in thought, need release,
one can do dimensio...
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Categories:
lifeguards, allusion, analogy, appreciation, creation,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Sandy the Sandman - Frosty the Snowman parody
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Sandy the Sandman.
Was a super duper dude.
With a surfboard pack and a seashell nose
and two eyes made out of food.
Sandy the Sandman.
Would always love to play.
He was made of sand,
but t...
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Categories:
lifeguards, fun, parody,
Form: Lyric
In a World Gone Mad
...This summer I lost all respect
for our modern youth.
Apparently they have been raised
that the end justifies the means
and that individual responsibility
is a virtue of dubious value.
So w...
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Categories:
lifeguards, high school, youth,
Form: Narrative
Seaside Serenade
...Wind and sea and waves and sun
sand in toes as day is done
Seagulls glide, sandpipers run
young dad splashes with his son
Breakers rise, translucent teal
lifeguards poised as youngste...
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Categories:
lifeguards, beach, sea, summer, water,
Form: Rhyme
Small Mutinies
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"Small Mutinies"
So what if my point of view
is not that which wraps
you in comfortably warm
fluffed-up silky
cashmere blankets
of insecure insincerity
simple sc...
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Categories:
lifeguards, halloween, muse, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
People Who Help Us
...There are many people who help us,
They help in many different ways,
They help people of all ages,
And people of all abilities.
Farmers grow food for us,
Carers help people who can’t mana...
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Categories:
lifeguards, appreciation, hero, thanks,
Form: Free verse
At Your Own Risk
...They can’t get lifeguards for the lake
And everyone’s on summer break
And so, just for vacation’s sake,
It’s swim at your own risk.
For swimmers, there’s a lot at stake
And when their skin beg...
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Categories:
lifeguards, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Answering the Time Machine
...Answering The Time Machine
David J Walker
It has its own peculiar ring
Something like a summers day
Something like a mountain stream
Something like a lilac bush
Something like a quiet ...
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Categories:
lifeguards, mother,
Form: Rhyme
Red Flags
...Red flags flying o'er the beach,
Warning of danger beneath gulf waves;
A seagull glides by with a screech.
Red flags flying o'er the beach,
Riptides pull you out of reach,
And lifeguards cannot ...
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Categories:
lifeguards, beach, ocean,
Form: Triolet
Black Armada
...Icy seas engulf the setting sun. Fisherman turn their boats to shore, bellies full, their murderous day is done. Scores of frightened eyes stare to darkened skies in search of help that will not co...
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Categories:
lifeguards, anger, animal,
Form: Free verse
Him Too, Or the Drowning Femenist, Part I
...Dylan Carston was a well-off young man,
thanks to a large and health trust fund,
his father was a true Wall Street ace
and had been quite generous to his sons.
Dylan had set himself up in Miami...
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Categories:
lifeguards, abuse, anger, beach, dark,
Form: Narrative
Fleet Summer Storm
...We sense a distant throb like drums of war,
Hear whistles, shrill, precede firm lifeguards’ cry,
“Get out!” as drops, way off, slant down and pour;
Look there!—chill, sudden gust, umbrellas fly,
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Categories:
lifeguards, beach, rain, summer,
Form: Rhyme
The Beach
...You walk along the sandy beach
And you taste the salted air
You step on very tiny shells
As the wind blows through your hair
The ocean splashes on your feet
As your baking in the sun
Yo...
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Categories:
lifeguards, beach, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
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