Rallentanda

Rallentanda

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Wind Surfing





like giant butterflies 
skimming over the waves
powered by the wind

big boofy blokes
ballet dancers of the sea
cut a swathe through the ocean

superb to watch
only two weeks into winter
summer sunshine sizzlers
cannot return quickly enough
ten weeks to go - who's counting?
i am

Midweek Motif - PU




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13 comments:

  1. Sherry Blue SkyJune 15, 2016 at 11:04 AM

    I love the idea of them as butterflies, skimming the waves. They are a delight to watch!

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  2. Luk LeiJune 15, 2016 at 8:32 PM

    When I lived in Florida, I used to go watch the wind surfers and their more insane bretheren, the kite surfers. It was beautiful seeing the stunts they pulled perpetuated by the wind. Beautiful capture.

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  3. SusanJune 16, 2016 at 4:00 AM

    Do you count to watch or to ride the wind?
    "big boofy blokes
    ballet dancers of the sea" Lovely image!
    Thanks too for the video.

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    1. rallentandaJune 16, 2016 at 5:38 AM

      I wait to swim again in the summer...Wind surfing? ...I wish but alas am destined to watch:)

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  4. Jae RoseJune 16, 2016 at 4:58 AM

    I like that big boofy blokes can glide like butterflies on the ocean - they's a sense of hope in that - and yes..counting the days fore fine weather is a must

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  5. Sanaa RizviJune 16, 2016 at 5:13 AM

    Lovely response to the prompt :D

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  6. AnonymousJune 16, 2016 at 5:20 AM

    The simile in the first stanza is just perfect.
    Well-penned.

    -HA

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  7. IntelliblogJune 16, 2016 at 5:53 AM

    Always wonderful to watch windsurfers float and glide up in the sky - as you say, Rall, even big boofy blokes can become as graceful as ballerinas up in the air! Nice one!

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  8. IntelliblogJune 16, 2016 at 5:55 AM

    PS: Thanks for your comments in my blog, I've crawled a little bit into my shell these past few weeks sorting out "stuff", I'm about to come out into the open soon...
    Fine by me to use my poem on your PG section (Sounds like a movie rating!)

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  9. Sumana RoyJune 16, 2016 at 7:03 AM

    "....giant butterflies / skimming over the waves" a most beautiful image of the surfers...love this...

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  10. J Cosmo NewberyJune 19, 2016 at 12:58 AM

    Used to work down at Port Melbourne. Whenever a storm came across the bay (any season), suited guys who looked like young accountants pulled up, changed into their wet suits and wind-surfed off to who knows where. Wimp, I stayed on the warm side of the windows.

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  11. rallentandaJune 19, 2016 at 6:12 AM

    Oh well..wimps serve a purpose:)In stone age times the wimps stayed behind to keep the women warm in the caves while the hunters went out to get food:)

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  12. UnknownJune 21, 2016 at 10:26 AM

    They are colorful indeed and so swift. I always count the days until winter is fini.

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