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July .26.2023
Summertime Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Regina McIntosh

 

Summer is the season that brings forth buds and blooms, When every hill and vale in green livery, clad, When the busy bee around opening flower zooms, And stray clouds in the blue-sky roam so glad. It is the time when grasshoppers vault on silky grass, When every blade and leaf at dawn sparkles with dew, When black ants move with tiny carcasses en masse, And ladybirds dance in frocks of black and red hue. When on breezy evenings children set out to play, And men go for angling in babbling brooks. When farmers after the harvest dry their hay. And sunbeams weave patterns even in forest nooks. But summertime pleasantly cool in the evenings can turn, Sultry at noon when lacerating rays come down to burn!

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Date: 7/31/2023 12:04:00 AM
A very beautiful summer scene painted so illustriously. Congratulations!
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Date: 7/30/2023 10:10:00 PM
I so love your amazing and original images and word use - "green livery," "grasshoppers vault," "sunbeams weave pattern." Once again, you have used your amazing mastery of words to weave a lasting summer song! Congratulations on your win! So much fun to share the podium with you. Blessings dear friend.
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Date: 7/30/2023 1:59:00 AM
Brilliant. I just love this. Thank you for entering it. God bless you and many congrats on a top winner. Love, Gina
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Date: 7/30/2023 6:40:00 AM
Thank you Gina for your highly encouraging words and for the placement !
Date: 7/29/2023 3:49:00 AM
Hello Valsa, I like your third stanza best, your imagery is great too - Good Luck & stay safe - we all need you too!
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Date: 7/28/2023 3:38:00 PM
Oh, how splendid is this verse, Valsa! The brilliance of the sun on a summer afternoon can prove burdensome, leaving us yearning for the respite of rain and the refreshing touch it bestows upon our dear planet. Your poem has brought me great delight as I immersed myself in its words.
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Date: 7/27/2023 2:22:00 AM
Very beautiful and so apt of summertime, Valsa:) it is too hot here in summer, and I can relate to that last line:)
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Date: 7/26/2023 2:30:00 PM
A beautiful poem! Loved the end!
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Date: 7/26/2023 10:24:00 AM
Nice review of summer days. Articulate and beautiful poem. BOL in contest.
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Date: 7/26/2023 6:33:00 AM
That sunshine during the summer afternoon can be so uncomfortable at times that we pray for some rain and cooling down of the good earth. I enjoyed reading this contest entry. Reads like a good contender to me. Way to go. Thanks for sharing and for dropping by my page. Sara
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Date: 7/26/2023 4:38:00 AM
A splendid poem depicting all the niceties of Summer. A joy to read. Well done my friend.
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