Long Sunblock Poems

Our burdens are lifted—it’s spring break, after all.

Though ocean breezes, surf sounds, the smell of sunblock,
fresh tans and bottomless margaritas at the beach can be healing,
we decided to vacation on campus and find joy in...

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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 packed
Cookies into jars.
A dip in the swimming pool,
For it’s sizzling...

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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 seem blurred
a sweltering day
seems more so as the hours pass,
making...

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Word bank: Holidays
As I am finding time difficult to manage at the moment - I thought a word bank would be a good idea for people to refer to and add comments with additional words...

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Sunsets of a thousand colors,
jumping into crystal blue waters,
yeah, baby - school's out for summer.

At first, it’s a shock - ignoring the clock,
we’re like prisoners set free
- for a two-month party
- and no responsibilities

Ditch the...

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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, weddings, divorces, baptisms, winter and spring just a few moments...

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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 the flower and your the bee, attracted to her imbuing...

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In my sixteens I used to go to Rockaway Park
on the A train made famous by Armstrong's song,
it had rides, small restaurants and a clean beach...
there I got golden brown with lots of cappertone.
I looked...

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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 groaning board tempts with an epicurean delight
But the populace heads...

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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 upon my feet, where I buried them
from the sun's heat....

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Love is like a sun
Exciting on its first rise
Sunrise is dazzling, energizing
Warmth felt
As day gets longer
Its warmth cozies
Then it intensifies at noon
Overwhelming hotness
Too much to bear
Burning, hurting and tiring 

Needs to keep away from it
Needs...

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March forevermore my child

Press onwards admirably
foward

Should you to be allowed
and granted access

Piggyback if you can on the
wing's of solent angel buffered
kite

Whilst all the while still 
remembering lest never 
i forget

That which was instilled in
me and...

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There’s a chemical factory upon my face
I have lines and spots I need to erase
I mix elixirs and daily apply
The aging process I cannot deny

I have marks and wrinkles and sagging skin
The lines increase and...

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Another warm day has begun,
Soaking in the California sun.
Volleyball players having fun,
Joggers flying by on the run.

Children brave the tide unafraid,
Couples snuggle close in the shade.
Surfers with tans that never fade,
Sailboat owners got it made.

Wind...

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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 beach.
I slather on some sunblock
Just in case the rays can...

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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 for shade,
All your worries dissolve 
(If some sunblock you’ve sprayed).

You...

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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 in case
Some burglars are about
And wearing masks convinces us
The virus...

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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 loving mama, harshly said.
"You look more than a little over-fed.
Stop...

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With the sun in my eyes, I grab my sunglasses and go


I go off in the world. Wondering where life will take me next.


Not knowing drives me insane. However, I take the pain. 


I spot...

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the chartered
bus stops in
an aire of
released
brake

pressure
clambering
while clamoring
out of the bowels
of the snake hissing

door's mouth
spitting out
pork and
souer
kraut

you wouldn't think
we're in Greece
tropical colors
of Hawaiian
sunsets

offset by white
socks pulled
nearly 
to the 
knee

the smell
of sunblock
cooking on flesh
frying pans of fat
men...

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