Naked Girls On The Beach Poem by Juan Olivarez

Naked Girls On The Beach

Rating: 4.5


I just wanted to do some fishing,
Got some squid for bait, a good Penn rod and reel,
And a six pack and some sandwiches.
Turning in behind the last sand dunes,
I parked my truck, and headed,
For my favorite spot.
Usually I cast from about thirty feet in,
Just so I can clear the third sand bar.
To my surprise, as I rounded the last dune,
I saw five young girls, nineteen or twenty,
Lying in the sand, naked as jaybirds,
Working on their tans.
They looked up at me and what they saw,
Was a totally flustered old man.
They smiled and one asked,
Going fishing sir?
I replied something to the effect,
That I had left my tackle box in California,
But that I would be back, sometime next month.
As I bid a hasty retreat,
I heard the sound of spontaneous laughter,
Break out behind me.
Oh yea, well let's see what the ranger,
Has to say about this.
Last time I checked this wasn't a nude beach.
Grumpy old man, oh well I guess I can find,
Another spot.
I'll leave the poor kids alone.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Bri Edwards 10 April 2024

I think Grumpy Old Man was a movie title. Say hi to 'the girls' next time you SEE them! ! ! : 0 bri

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Bri Edwards 07 March 2023

The comment I left in 2017 is about the same as I'd write today. Let me look at another of yours. ;) bri

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Bri Edwards 23 October 2017

Cynthia, comment below, sounds a bit prudish. and perhaps you are also, OR you just KNOW you could not concentrate on fishing and several naked girls at the same time! ? ? WHERE DID YOU SAY THE BEACH IS? ? ? ? ! I DON'T think i saw any rhyming. but, guess what? i didn't miss what wasn't there. Oh yea, well let's see what the ranger, yea maybe should be yeah? and i'd 'lose' the comma after ranger. :) to MyPoemList. let me look at another of yours. i just noticed your title on the page where i was looking for POET Beach Girl; she is a good poet also, very good, but hasn't anything new on PH. i'll see if you do. bri :)

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Cynthia Buhain-baello 22 February 2012

Well written with heartwarming humor, but it made me sad realizing how little of values our young people have today. No wonder nations are collapsing - the nucleus has decayed.

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Patti Masterman 23 July 2011

There's no safe place anywhere is there? Haha, nice one.

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