Poetry in motion - SUP surfing as a sonnet

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AdiSups
AdiSups
11 posts
11 posts
26 Jun 2025 10:33am
Where Icarus falls
(The SUP surfer's song)

Where Icarus falls, I rest, muse and play,
Rising with first light to study the break,
Behold with gold wonder the clean new day.
Bright orb from the depths lights up clouds and wakes.

Yellow turns to blue, swell lines are calling.
My board under foot and paddle in hand,
I slip over crests, no fear of falling,
To get out the back; waiting, watching, stand.

Wind puffs arrive, peacock feathers on glass.
A set's coming through, just pick the right wave.
A surge in the chest, dig deep, paddle fast.
Emerald green embrace, rushing down its face.
Under the lip I am over the moon.
I am king of the curl, son of Neptune.

24 August 2024
Narrabeen ("Northy")
backbeach
backbeach
NSW
158 posts
NSW, 158 posts
30 Jun 2025 9:09am
Love it, well done Adi. "Emerald green embrace" great image and feeling. Should put some chords/music to it. Thx for the share
Souwester
Souwester
WA
1267 posts
WA, 1267 posts
30 Jun 2025 4:00pm
Love it, catches special moments really well, my fav:

'A surge in the chest, dig deep, paddle fast.
Emerald green embrace, rushing down its face.'

Found SUP surfing has made the lead up to a wave and dropping such a cooler experience then I have had riding other boards, longboards were the closest but not the same, you really get time to line it up and see it clearly.

Hope this thread becomes a song/poem thread, could do with more of that!
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