Short Kayaking Poems

All day rafting
And kayaking
At river Wing....

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With golden sunset
And golden hour kayaking
Happy hour pleasure....

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Flashes of my youth include a tire swing,
a clean, clear brook,
bicycles,
picnics,
hikes,
fogs,
swimming,
kayaking,
fun, summer things;
pleasant memories, time stored in my mind....

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Kayaks

Kailua Beach, sandy shores
keep paddlers at bay view,
kissing turquoise surface,
keenly riding the lips,
knocking on pantomime,
kid like, with seaman dreams, 
kayaking reefs of bay.

3/9/17...

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A forest under the surface
Reaches out to snag you as you pass
The shallows scrape and grab and hold
The sun beats down with little respite 
And yet the water is cool
The company is better
And time stands still for a few hours
As a river runs through our day...

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Kayaking myself down Eskimo way
I found an abandoned igloo and decided to stay
The last polar bear promptly scared me away
I know my scared face turned a weird kind of gray

Luckily I could outrun my good buddy Jay
We had his funeral yesterday
His parents asked, but what could   say?
That I was thrilled I had outrun him that day?...

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Calendar commences, conviviality,
kids kvetch knishes cold,
cantaloupe crappy,
kids constantly crunching cookies,
cake, candy.
Could kayaking, canoeing, camping
in Canada cure cantankerous
children's contention?
Can caddying at the country club
conquer kid's complaining?
chaos could conduce calamity,
kindred claiming complete cuckoo-ness,
summer sanity-stealing s'mores scavengers!...

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My circle is of
    fruitflies, houseflies, mosquitos
    squirrels, chipmunks, possums
    spiders, crickets, ants
    parakeets, seagulls, geese

This dance is absent without you
    hair, glasses, smile
    shirt, pants, shoes
    laugh, giggle, talk

Together we were one
    hugs, handholding, cuddles
    rollerblading, bicycling, racquetball
    car rides, lighthouses, kayaking
    fishing, dinners, parenting

Thursday, November 4, 2021...

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