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Summer Is Gone

We gather around to bid adieu To the fluttering colors of the butterfly We wave goodbye to the birds too While summer prepares to die The flowers are also fading away And the sun shortens his stay We know that summer will soon be dead We dread the bleak winter days ahead The easy days of summer will soon end A season that we considered a friend Now we can't help but weep As summer takes a long sleep On the coldest of winter days We will miss its warm embrace When skies are bleak and gray We will pine for its sunny face 8-25- 2013

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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Date: 8/28/2013 4:27:00 PM
I like this one also..Don't know which one you entered in the contest..This one would be in the winners' list for sure..Thanks for stopping by..Your vist to my work was uplifting..Sara
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Date: 8/27/2013 3:01:00 PM
gosh you did TWO on this theme. Way to go, Joseph. But if you are entering the terzanelle in the contest, That is probably the better choice. I had not realized yesterday that it was a terzanelle. such a difficult form to do. wow, that is awesome.
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Joseph May
Date: 8/27/2013 3:55:00 PM
the terzanelle
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Joseph May
Date: 8/27/2013 3:54:00 PM
thank you Andrea...yes I entered the terzanelle.... this poem came to me after I wrote the first one...
Date: 8/26/2013 2:49:00 PM
The first of a double whammy mourning summer's demise... Very nice Joseph... Terry
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Joseph May
Date: 8/27/2013 3:56:00 PM
Thank you Terry,,
Date: 8/26/2013 11:52:00 AM
You have craftily written an ode to a season usually fondly remembered. Well done, my friend.... Jake
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Joseph May
Date: 8/27/2013 3:56:00 PM
thank you John
Date: 8/25/2013 10:22:00 PM
psst . date written must be on entry....as per rules
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Joseph May
Date: 8/26/2013 6:27:00 AM
thank you Francine

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