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Lifeguards Poems - Poems about Lifeguards

Premium MemberBone 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



Premium MemberHere'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

Premium MemberSandy 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

Premium MemberIn 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



Premium MemberSeaside 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

Premium MemberAnswering 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

Premium MemberRed 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

Premium MemberThe 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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