Hanging Out At Santa Monica Pier
...Hanging out at Santa Monica Pier,
wining in dixie cups, dancing in the sand.
Chants of drink…drink…drink.
I took no time to think…think…think.
I wake up with a cacophonous surf,
unlike the gen...
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Categories:
surfboards, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Hawaii Vacation
...As we walk along the beach in Honolulu the sand welcomes are feet
The warm sun and the gentle trade winds are a combo not to be beat
The waves brush up against the shore then offer a hasty retreat
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Categories:
surfboards, holiday, paradise,
Form: Rhyme
New Shoes
...New Shoes
"Grandpa, my shoes are too small,
or maybe my feet or too big?"
"You are going to be ten foot tall,
if you don't stop growing..." was his answer.
I peered at my feet. "What to...
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Categories:
surfboards, absence, chocolate, cinderella, grandchild,
Form: Free verse
The Yanerbie Highway
...the Yanerbie Highway
The Yanerbie Highway
Is paved with white silken sands
Stretched between water’s lapping fingers
And the feet of towering dunes
The Yanerbie Highway
Runs at Southern Oce...
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Categories:
surfboards, beach,
Form: Free verse
Aloha Spirit
...Aloha Spirit
Sol, with his golden crown, greets me each morning
within divine rays extending out over emerald hills
and valleys that absorb his warmth of abiding light.
View misty alab...
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Categories:
surfboards, bird, nature, sea, sky,
Form: Free verse
Hopeful Hot Wheels
...Deserted we lie, banished to a shoe box; discarded metal
scraping metal every spring as our ignored box gets shelved
in a different room of the house; forsaken and further away
from real ...
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Categories:
surfboards, car, childhood, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
I Dreamt of the Sea
...What a place to find much-needed peace of mind,
to cast all nagging woes of the day aside.
This is the place to be; such an ideal place...
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Categories:
surfboards, beauty, dream, imagery, peace,
Form: Sapphic stanza
A State of Mind of Maine of Florida
...When the sun goes down in Maine
Ice defines the name of winter
Snow melts the hearts of children
Who step inside to play Monopoly
Fathers cut holes in the frozen lake
There must be a fish or two...
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Categories:
surfboards, appreciation, identity, image, summer,
Form: Free verse
Surfing
...We wobble, driven, over the edge
of browsing surfboards.
The ‘Beachboys’ haunt us
as we slide toward the rocky domains
of look-at-me blogs,
or commercial choked pages.
It’s okay,
ri...
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Categories:
surfboards, poetry,
Form: Blank verse
Summer In Her Soul
...Her soul belongs to the summer
the solar flare of the sun
melting the chambers of her golden heart
She can feel the crash of turquoise ocean waves
dancing in her veins with her cells catching
t...
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Categories:
surfboards, summer,
Form: Free verse
Summer Snowstorm
...Summer Snowstorm
Recalling winters chill and icy glow
That lay upon the whitened banks of snow
Your cheeks are bitten to a cherry red
The polar bears and penguins daily stead
The Spring and ...
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Categories:
surfboards, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Dog Days of Summer
...DOG DAYS
The gnats of Summer days bring frustration
In your eyes, up your nose, so much aggravation
But they are to always be expected
So why create such a sensation
Enjoy the wonderful Sum...
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Categories:
surfboards, appreciation, august, beach, july,
Form: Rubaiyat
Surfboards Did Ride
...Surfboards Did Ride
One Sunday several pictures I drew,
Of women in Bible that are quite a few;
Surfboards did ride;
I really had lied;
Much pain and suffering they went through.
God and Hi...
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Categories:
surfboards, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Stereotypes
...Stereotypes
Black people all have rhythm and are good at basketball
Not a single blond in the world has any brains at all
Englishmen have bad teeth and Mexicans are lazy
And if you thin...
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Categories:
surfboards, funny, poetry, prejudice, society,
Form: Light Verse
Ironing Boards
...Question for you, chicks and dudes,
What is an ironing board to you?
Did you know they were surfboards?
Yes, they grow up, surf did bore,
Surfboards got a day job,
Being ironing boards is their ...
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Categories:
surfboards, funny,
Form: Free verse
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