Surfing. A JELTA Production. Delta with a splash Of JB.

[Jerrybaldy]

The sun has no heat.
A blood orange in the sky.
I am surfing today,
my girl watches from the littered shore.
The nuclear plant
choking like the earth
glows along the coastline.
I push my board through coffee sea,
my girl is dying in half lifes,
as I catch a wave and go.
I rise up and surge forward
past rotting sealife
this emaciated surfer boy
racing to her radiance
cutting through condoms
and half sunk hazard signs.
She pulls shards from her roasted body
as the feeling of radiation burns my back.
A melted bottle of sun block
sits next to my pants.
As the wave is about to break
she rises up to meet me,
flashes me a skeletal smile.
I fall at the glimpse of her bones
brown foam washes me
to the shell grit shore.

[hillwalker]

Reminded me a little bit of Nevil Shute's 'On The Beach' (another British-Australian writer) - or the Stranglers' 'Nuclear Device' which also has an Oz connection. Weird or what?

some really powerful images and themes explored here as well -

and hat's off to whoever came up with the line

my girl is dying in half lifes,

Bonzer Jelta

H

[Delta40]

on behalf of Jelta Productions - thank you.

[Haunted]

This is so vivid and horrid, it can easily be a scene out of a nuclear disaster movie. An excellent collaboration, Jelta!

[Delta40]

Jerrybaldy looks dashing in his tuxedo as Delta accepts the award on behalf of the Jelta Production Co

[dafydd manton]

Jelta Productions Rool!!! Exceptional piece of work. Ain't collaborations fun!!

[hillwalker]

Ain't collaborations fun!!

Agreed - I'm looking for a threesome (purely in the cause of poetry writing) - so if there's a member out there called Dawn.... how about Dawn-Hill-Skia (couldn't resist ?):D

H

[Skia]

Jelta Productions I salute you! I could almost see the dark orange sky thundering above me as I read!!

(I wouldn't have been able to resist either with that Hill :P)

[dafydd manton]

A promising career in poetry, gone, with one terrible pun. The only saving grace is that one definition of "career" is "A headlong rush, usually downhill!" Saved by another awful joke!

[Maryd.]

Oh guys... I am loving all these co-writes... It's feels good to be a team and you guys pulled this one off perfectly... I love it Jelta. Mwah to you both.

[dafydd manton]

Hold it, Mary, darling, don't get too complimentary - we don't want to get over-shadowed by some Aussie bird and a Brit. Oh, hold on............

[Maryd.]

Ah, but Dave, you and I both know that we are champions... (Don't tell them, but they don't stand a chance... Heee heee)

[dafydd manton]

That, my love, is our cardinal quality - modesty! Personally, I used to be big-headed, but I'm perfect now!!!!!!!

[Maryd.]

Yes, so weird, me too... Seems we're perfect now... Hahaha

[Delta40]

You are both the complete Maffyd

[Maryd.]

Oh Jelta, thanks Gorgeous...

[dafydd manton]

Yay, Mary, fame at last!!!!!

[Jerrybaldy]

*cruises to award ceremony in a stretch mini*
On behalf of Jelta productions I would like to thank the Pope. Delta you look splendiforous in that fairy dress with the hobnail boots. I give thanks to our inspiration Maffyd.
I am pleased with your choice of chosen quote Hill as that line itself was a collaboration.
Jelta productions has much more up its sleeve. Or it may be empty. Jelta productions like to be uncertain on such points.
thanks all
(surfs seawards)

[Haunted]

*applause* *dancing on tables*

[Delta40]

Ah yes the uncertainty of whether one even has a sleeve is thrilling
(sees surfwards)

[hillwalker]

Jerry's acceptance speech (with thanks to Reuters):

I stood on the stage at the Oscars
to say a few words off the cuff
But sadly I wore an old t-shirt
the sleeves on it weren’t long enough

H :-)

[Jerrybaldy]

Why the hell did I wear this muscle t shirt?
(wards seesurfs)

[Delta40]

uhm to protect you from radiation burn
sees smurf war

[Jerrybaldy]

Its with great sadness, that it falls on me to announce the early end of Jelta productions on account of my writing partner buggering off with Mary D. I would like to say it was sweet whilst it lasted but I cant say too much as I have sold my story to the News Of The World'

Daf, Daf, Collab now. We do not need these women with their femininity and womens problems and all. Man power * Does the newly invented ManPower hand gesture*

[Delta40]

Manpower? Gee I didn't know you guys collaborate with your clothes off!

[dafydd manton]

*Repeats gesture, with brotherly solidarity, but not too intimate - you never know*

Bung me an idea by PM, the world is our oyster, although since my writing partner has bogged of with your erstwhile one, we are in the same boat, methinks. These women are so fickle!!!

[Delta40]

Men! and I thought you fellows liked it when two women get together......Think I'll put my hand up for Hill's threesome

[dafydd manton]

What you put your hand up is entirely up to you...............

[zoolane]

Men! and I thought you fellows liked it when two women get together......Think I'll put my hand up for Hill's threesome

Ok is that in bar, motel or somewhere? answer please back of postcard.:smilielol5:

[Jerrybaldy]

This place is getting way too dark and sexual. As many people now I hate all things dark and/or sexual and I am out of here to Godsquad R us .com with my new Ode ' Pope how I love thee, let me sniff your cassock'

[dafydd manton]

I don't want to worry you, but Delta is actually the Locum Pope, the other one's away somewhere, a health farm in Rochdale or something.

[Delta40]

bless thee my son but stay two posts away from me else the devil will grind your soul into wee bits for me to sprinkle on my lasagne

[Jerrybaldy]

my soul will make your lasagne rank with its taste of eldeberries.

[dafydd manton]

Oh no - his mother was a Hamster!!! You stupid English Kerrr-niggurt!

[Delta40]

begone now in your little hamster ball

[dafydd manton]

A rare disease.....but exotic!

[Jerrybaldy]

I would like it be know I have never stole a thing from monty python.
Daf , you look hungry , a waifeur thin mint ?

[dafydd manton]

Luxury - we used to dream of the wafer thin mints!