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Summer Poems | Examples of Summer Poetry

Summer Poems - Examples of all types of summer poetry to share and read. This list of summer poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of summer poetry. This list of works about summer is an excellent resource for examples on how to write summer poems.
Premium Member June
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am so glad I live in a world where there are Junes...Read the rest...
Categories: summer,
Form: Monoku

Premium Member What in the World Does Freedom Mean
As a little girl, it simply meant, not being in a jail. Nor being so vicious, like pulling a cat’s bushy taul, It meant summer vacations, and sharing our toys. In those days, when it was OK to...Read the rest...
Categories: summer, america, beautiful, childhood, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Shared Torch Lake
I rock in this outdoor cheap chair Its cushion foam like ice cream Half-eaten by the winter mice in storage I don’t mind Don’t need a full seat to see before me The drop off on Torch Lake Its fine line...Read the rest...
Categories: summer, earth, father, imagery, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Come See Me In Summer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ see me in summer when my leaves are green and full open towards sun breathing in the sizzling hot but odoriferous air ...Read the rest...
Categories: summer,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Welcome June
June blooms its flower, plush passion pink petals supple and velvety Unyeilding scent sensation’s drift diliriously midst my garden party ...Read the rest...
Categories: summer, beautiful, flower, happiness, june,
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Summer Months
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The summertime flowers are new, a masterpiece each day, changing the scenery as they gaze upward at the ever-present blue sky. They are the glow of the land that gives thanks to the warmth of...Read the rest...
Categories: flower, summer,
Form: Free verse
Sunheat
if your own shadow, shorter than your tall be so aware of sunheat in summer day time. enjoy sunrise and sunset...Read the rest...
Categories: summer, sun,
Form: Other
Premium Member Tilt-a-Whirl
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ currents swirl and twirl river tilt-a-whirl, dizzy summer unfurling ...Read the rest...
Categories: river, summer,
Form: Haiku
Green Palm Dates
summer has started bunch of unripe green palm dates soon shall yellow shine...Read the rest...
Categories: fruit, summer,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Cheery Willow
arms stretching, Willow pray for exciting season, leaves create haven for tweeting birds, squirrels in grey coat, scurry in haste, short-lived warmth to embrace, summer's thrilling sojourn for creatures... Nature in abundance, beauty transient!...Read the rest...
Categories: summer,
Form: Etheree
Premium Member Cheery Rose Plant
Rose plant dreams summer warmth, branches shiver, leaves softly whisper... euphoric songs of hope. buds quivering with passion, Aha! says gentle wind to sky, one single rose blushes with sheer pride of blossoming in a pretty flower!...Read the rest...
Categories: rose, summer,
Form: Etheree
Premium Member stroke of summer
wings whispering, lithe in bold hues, purple, gold, blue faded songs, pulsing ...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, song, summer,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member sands of Heraclee
Peter (my bf) and I are at Heraclee beach for the weekend. It’s a little sliver of heaven, about 11 miles south of Saint Tropez. It’s too early in the season to swim - being breezy and...Read the rest...
Categories: beach, boyfriend, humor, summer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sunrise
A morning sunrise... multicolored flowers stretch welcoming the light, radiating redolence... Summer's attar and essence....Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, summer, sunshine,
Form: Tanka
Summer’s return
Summer- embraced, like a returning friend- from a distant land. Here warmth descends- here, she’s standing at the green fence. Listen- Summer’s chipping off her snack- rain and leaves crunched, with the cracks, incessantly- stirring a...Read the rest...
Categories: summer, desire, dream, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Summer Poems

Read wonderful summer poetry on the following sub-topics: acrostic, alliteration, beautiful, beauty of, camp, end of, haiku, holiday, kids, late, love, rhyme, school, season, solstice, vacation, and more.

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