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A Tropical Paradise MAG

September 10, 2008
By Madison Fisher PLATINUM, New City, New York
Madison Fisher PLATINUM, New City, New York
28 articles 2 photos 2 comments

Lying on the beach
With sunglasses on your face
Shielding the harsh sunlight from your eyes.
You cover your skin with SPF 25.
Sand makes its way into your sandals,
but you don’t mind.
Off in the distance music is being played
on steel drums.
They set the mood of your whole vacation:
relaxation.
You see the boats drift by with their brightly
colored sides
And you hold onto your tropical drink that tastes
like bananas
With its tiny umbrella hanging off the side.
It makes you smile.
You wonder if the sailors on the boat are as
peaceful as you are.
Worries escape you as you drift into your own oasis
And your home life becomes something of the past.
Almost unreal.
You smell coconut everywhere you go
And wonder if you’ll miss it when you leave.
All you hear is the crashing of the waves.
All you can feel is your newly burnt skin.
All that matters is nothing.



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A_____ said...
on Aug. 17 2011 at 4:41 pm
A_____, Columbus, Ohio
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Great last line.

on Aug. 17 2011 at 3:33 pm
Lola_Black GOLD, Harrison, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
"I've always been famous. It's just everybody's just now finding out." --Lady Gaga

This totally makes me want to go on vacation! Nice writing : )

Bambi67 SILVER said...
on Aug. 17 2011 at 3:03 pm
Bambi67 SILVER, Chicago, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
remember that the future comes one day at a time.
Dean Acheson

wow wish i was at the beach 2 lol... love it.. check out my writing thank =)

on Aug. 17 2011 at 2:09 pm
emilybwrites SILVER, Villa Hills, Kentucky
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Favorite Quote:
last night i lay in bed, looking up at the stars and i thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling?

wow this was beautiful!!! please check out my poem "forgotten domain" and my new poem "the others" and comment/rate them thanks :)

on Jul. 26 2011 at 7:53 pm
Mimi15 PLATINUM, Belfast, Maine
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This is really pretty! (: Check out some of my stuff.

on Jul. 4 2011 at 10:28 pm
tajoines24 BRONZE, Austin, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lossed almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I suceed."
-Michael Jordan

this totally makes me want to go to the beach<3

on Jul. 4 2011 at 8:58 pm
Vacilator BRONZE, Merritt Island, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
No cup of tea is large enough, or book long enough, to suit me.
-C.S. Lewis

Makes me think of being on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.  Well written =)

HillaryJo said...
on Jul. 4 2011 at 4:07 pm
HillaryJo, Anderson, Indiana
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Very nice phrasing and details. I can see this beach that you are describing which keeps an audience captivated until your last word. Great work!

joele12 said...
on Jun. 12 2011 at 2:30 pm
nice i'll love to go ther

reblep GOLD said...
on May. 21 2011 at 11:03 am
reblep GOLD, Chester, Connecticut
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Favorite Quote:
the sun through my window, warming my skin...

can i go there? this is wonderful. 

KyleG SILVER said...
on May. 21 2011 at 12:35 am
KyleG SILVER, Millville, New Jersey
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Incredible. I'm there.

on Apr. 29 2011 at 10:34 am
Volleyballer. BRONZE, Grandville, Michigan
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Me and you shoud go to the beach this summer!!!! i lovee youuu pattae :)))))

Patryk. BRONZE said...
on Apr. 29 2011 at 10:29 am
Patryk. BRONZE, Grandville, Michigan
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Great! I want to go to the beach now.

Dillinger123 said...
on Apr. 29 2011 at 10:21 am
Beautifully written. Makes me feel as though I am on a beach.

on Apr. 7 2011 at 8:13 pm
KaitlynMarie GOLD, Northborough, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
"I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be."
-Nicholas Sparks

beautifully written! it makes me want to be there.

on Apr. 7 2011 at 5:25 pm
my.freedom.lies.in.free.verse PLATINUM, Tosa, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
"I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into a void, and that oblivion is inevitable... and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you." Augustus Waters

beautifully written very descriptive--a want a tropical drink now!

on Apr. 7 2011 at 5:22 pm
RideTheWave BRONZE, South Riding, Virginia
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i agree as well. it didn't speak to me or have any meaning or depth. it was an awesome description though!!!!!

 


on Apr. 7 2011 at 5:20 pm
RideTheWave BRONZE, South Riding, Virginia
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I agree. it was okay. descriptive but it didnt have a meaning or any emotion. as a fellow poet, i have written some poems that are like this and lacking some depth.

Lexi-pex GOLD said...
on Apr. 7 2011 at 11:17 am
Lexi-pex GOLD, Billingham, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

this is so descriptive. i loved it! it made me feel like i was actually there

on Apr. 6 2011 at 12:17 pm
the details made me feel like i was there