A poem I thought up when I wasa surfing today...

by Karma

Published April 29, 2006

I am a slave
In the ocean's power
For one good wave,
I'll work for an hour


Just a ittle tidbit.
And I really was surfing,like, half an hour ago. 8)

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BFG
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BFG commented Comment · Apr 12, 2007

I like the first two lines, though the last line seemed a bit clunky to me. It's a nice length.

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Twit
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Twit wrote a review Review · Apr 11, 2007

Short, but sweet. And it rhymes!!!!!! And it has rhythym!!!! I can never get either of those right. :D

Is surfing fun? The thing is, I have a morbid streak, and I've read books about shark attacks - Great White Shark attacks in Jaws style - and most of them have happened to surfers either lying on the board, so they look like a seal from below; or like that girl Bethany Whatserface who got her arm bitten off by a Great White while surfing through a tunnel wave. And sharks are scary . . .

I'm digressing, though. Good poem!

-ST

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Fireweed
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Fireweed commented Comment · May 14, 2006

I like! Especially the first 2 lines. You captured your passion without any unneccasary words, which I know is much more difficult than it sounds. Kudos!! :pig:

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Mars
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Mars commented Comment · May 8, 2006

I'm jealous you can write like that and I'm jealous you can surf.

I love it. Just wish it was longer, so I could read more.

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Angel17
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Angel17 commented Comment · May 3, 2006

I was short, but had a deeper meaning. Good poem

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Karma
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Karma commented Comment · Apr 30, 2006

Thanks a lot...
yeah...
I thhinkk a lot when I surf. I just came backk from surfing again as it happens...
yea.
Its awesome!

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Cassandra
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Cassandra commented Comment · Apr 30, 2006

It's nice and short, and the meaning is clear and easy to grasp. Nice job! :thumb:

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Sgt. Salt
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Sgt. Salt commented Comment · Apr 29, 2006

That was a neat little thing. I know exactly what it means, and what you mean. :-) It's nice to see a poem even I can understand.

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Black Ghost
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Black Ghost commented Comment · Apr 29, 2006

Pretty good, I guess. In a few consise lines you managed to convey a feeling which was your love for surfing and the ocean, which is good. :D

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zelithon
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zelithon wrote a review Review · Apr 29, 2006

You... are so smart it hurts my ego. Thanks alot. Anyway fantastic poem. You should show it to your english teacher if you are happening to do peotry in your english class right now *twitch
Surfing is just like that. Exept for me I usually wait an hour cause I am scared. :smt079



Poetry is my cheap means of transportation. By the end of the poem the reader should be in a different place from where he started. I would like him to be slightly disoriented at the end, like I drove him outside of town at night and dropped him off in a cornfield.
— Billy Collins