Short Poolside Poems

Rose grenadine lips
twinkle eyes of ice to melt
and the summer rolls......

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All a rush with calm,
come join a Summertime cult;
Turquoise chair poolside....

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poolside with a book
my skin shedding shade
bring on the burn

5/17/2016
Summer Contest...

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poolside
sunrays waterguns and
watermelon spears



Published in Bottle Rockets Press #45

Posted on June 1, 2018...

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Boiling, baking and blazing,
               Other synonyms for heat.
My camel is happily dazing,
	He was not a restful seat.
Poolside I’ll later be lazing,
	Resting my sunburnt feet.
Air conditioning is amazing,
               Ice cream is a lovely treat....

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Temperatures are always at their peak.
We've only just begun these summer weeks.
Children running through water.
People ready to get down and party.
Beaches, yachts, spending time with friends.
You can only imagine some of the places I've been.
Laying poolside enjoying the food & wine.
I've packed up and left all my worries behind....

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On a striped deckchair
she reclines, cold drink in hand,
soaking up the sun.

Her tanned skin glistens.
Teasingly, her tongue explores
her full lower lip.

Dark blue sunglasses
subtly separate pretence
from reality.

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 			
Contest: Compose a Choka
Sponsor: Janis Thompson
Placed 3rd
© 18th July 2016...

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Burning, white heat coursing across flesh
		A honky no longer
Leafy flecks marbling skin like wire mesh
		Relax and grow stronger

Silence attacked by Dolly Parton’s CDs
		A boiling furnace
Darts competitions bring you to your knees
		The sun only burns us

The water is contrastingly icicle cool
		At night the sunshine abates
Trapped voluntarily here by the pool
		Package holidays are great!...

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Sunbathing again, at my girlfriends poolside
She looked so very lovely; relaxed in bronze
As physics finals had drained us completely
Burning both ends of our midnights candles
Asking if we would like a drink; sïlk dreams..
Her beautiful mother; stunningly, gorgeous
Sending my pulse racing everytime I beheld 
Knowingly, her mesmerizing beauty the way 
Want would smile gazing deep, into my eyes....

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i remember
being by the pool
i was no more than ten
my grandmother
was enjoying herself
chatting and laughing
suddenly
i caught
myself thinking

it will be nice
to get to that age
and not care
what my body
looks like

what !

even at that age
i knew
there was something
wrong

they had gotten
to me

i was already
brainwashed



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on March 4, 2021...

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Now, Jim the Trim, you already know him
                               He went to the pool, and there he met Kim
                                      He approached where she lays
                                      Thought he’d score for the day
                         Where’s Jim? Knocked out, by prim and proper Kim!









Thank you Arthur V, for lending Eve and Steve's pool!


KIM PATRICE NUNEZ
28 February 2015...

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The sun  is shining
Water is azure blue
Lying by the poolside
"where are you"

The waterfall sends ripples
Across the waters skin
Saying I will relax you
If you dare to come in.

What an idyllic place
To share a kiss or two
To snuggle up together
"where are you"

I am eating a pavlova
Covered with nuts and cream
Have a drink in my hand
But nothing is as it seems

Cos i have just woken up
To a cold autumn hue
I am still asking 
"Why weren't  you there too"....

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