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Neville Briggs · Post by **Neville Briggs** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 6:31 am

THE BEACH

I'll go once again to the foaming white waves
where the bluebottles sting my toes.
Where the seaweed is smelling,
the tall breakers swelling
and salty surf gets up my nose.

I love the old charm of the beach shark alarm
and the life savers drown-proof zone.
In that fresh ocean breeze
there I scraped both my knees
when I slipped on a squashed ice-cream cone.

I'll sluice in the briny, then soak in the sun
as the seagulls pinch my chips;
let the wind blow the sand
on my towel, as I'm tanned
with raw blisters and painful chapped lips.

Maureen K Clifford · Post by **Maureen K Clifford** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 10:04 am

I'm getting an idea here Neville that the beach is not your favourite place to be

What a litany of disasters your day out held

Have you considered golf?

You have made good use of the prompts - well done

Neville Briggs · Post by **Neville Briggs** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:36 pm

It's a bit of verse Maureen,

I quite enjoy the beach, but I can't take the sun for very long, I've got the skin like your Scottish man.

Catherine Lee · Post by **Catherine Lee** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 2:42 pm

Good one Neville - I enjoyed it while feeling sorry for you at the same time!

Post by **Shelley Hansen** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 3:37 pm

Aarrghh! Sand between the toes - what next??

Sounds like your idea of "camping rough in the great outdoors" is Palazzo Versace with a window open, Neville!!

Love it!
Shelley

Post by **Heather** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:19 pm

There's those chips again. .

Neville Briggs · Post by **Neville Briggs** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 7:50 pm

Thanks for the comments, Catherine, Shelley, Heather. That bizarre narrator that creeps into my verse seems to have a penchant for chips , Heather.

Post by **Heather** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:37 am

That's the subconscious hankering for all the things the doctor says you can't have Neville!

(such a defiant little subconscious!)

Neville Briggs · Post by **Neville Briggs** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:09 am

It's the Aussie culture, could you ever get a plate of food in a pub, club or café that didn't have chips plonked on it.

Going to the beach without getting a bag of chips is unthinkable !!! Every beach has a chip shop.

Post by **Heather** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:42 am

What is it about the beach and chips? Or is it the subconscious again saying, sea.....fish live in the sea ..... fish goes with chips. When I was at Port Stephens a while back I HAD to have fish and chips on the beach at sunset, and while the sunset and the scenery were gorgeous, the fish and chips let me down badly.

ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

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