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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.
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Something’s happening, let’s call it sunrise, for now, and summer vacation in Geneva, in umm.. 10 hours. My heart-beat is spiking, like a flag or kite flying. I’m leaving an empty room - making one last pass with...Read the rest...
Categories: boyfriend, school, student, summer,
Form: Rhyme



The Life Acrostic
Lasting in summer's gleam, my childhood's delight. In autumn's hug, I seek insight. Fulfilling longing dreams, spring blooms lively. Entering into winter, life bids me goodnight. ...Read the rest...
Categories: summer, autumn, childhood, life, seasons,
Form: Acrostic
The Dream
One hot summer night, I had a wonderful dream About the sexiest woman I've ever seen. She wore a mini dress that matches her red head. She took me by the hand and here's what she said: "You're...Read the rest...
Categories: summer, dream, happy, romantic love,
Form: Free verse
The Life-Giving Downpour
The sun, a tyrant, reigns with scorching might, Days bleed together, a suffocating night. My soul parched, I yearned for a cleansing rain, To wash away sorrow and ease the sun's pain. A tremor in the air,...Read the rest...
Categories: rain, summer,
Form: Couplet
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Fast as you can say ‘Jack Robinson’ Up pops another rookie phenom But as April heroics fade to June swoons ...Read the rest...
Categories: summer, baseball, change, hero, spring,
Form: Rhyme



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I formed in the heavens; they built me in a pure overcast Concrete looks far too weak to break my fallings contrast All flower petals decreed a landscape grown to everlast I will nurture them; in Sun to...Read the rest...
Categories: summer, flower, growth, rain, spring,
Form: Monorhyme
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Intriguing hollow log Boyhood, sunshine, smiling Slippery, slimy frog Summer days whiling On undulating grass - Beauty so beguiling Cloudy memories, alas, You, outshining fog - My bonnie lass...Read the rest...
Categories: summer, child, first love, memory,
Form: Other
In Michigan
We don’t put away our boots and coats. Here in Michigan. Instead, we close our eyes and feel a soft presence. We jerk awake, in our hammocks. To a dream of cold snow. But it was just a dandelion on...Read the rest...
Categories: summer,
Form: Free verse
Summer Dream
Summer Dream Note: This is Ms Huang's first poem and English is a second language, so helpful comments are welcomed and encouraged. (This was a collaboration in class.) Summer Dream by Lanier Thomas and Adele Huang I dream along a...Read the rest...
Categories: dream, freedom, metaphor, summer,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Red Summer Rose
The red summer rose waves softly in the wind youth is strength and her petals hold together Bloomed yesterday with a cheery red that smiles and the morning dew tickles and trickles down her stem courting butterflies and bees...Read the rest...
Categories: red, rose, summer,
Form: Free verse
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mid summer hatchlings tadpoles in a cattail pond ~ feast for an egret ...Read the rest...
Categories: summer,
Form: Haiku
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"Zephyr greets me with heavenly tidings midst torture of humidity." - by Poet Breeze wafting blest peace zephyr gently blows serene news of grace midst trials and tests echoing triumph… Air of gladness zephyr breathes out joyous delight inspiring heart… Calming soul zephyr now whispers...Read the rest...
Categories: summer, appreciation, blessing, christian, god,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
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Quote By Poet "The faces of pretty flowers will brighten anyone's day." Here in a lovely garden we sit, growing very close-knit. Our faces of pretty color, are bigger than a sand dollar. We love to get a kiss from...Read the rest...
Categories: summer, flower, garden, giggle, hello,
Form: Personification
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"Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows"- Alexander Pope A summer breeze in the garden plays As lilies sway to its caress Daisies move in rhythmic ways Lilacs move to and fro It's choreographed...Read the rest...
Categories: flower, summer,
Form: Nonet
Premium Member Summertime Passion
Lift me, high and with passion, to the crimsoned, brightness boughs. Reflecting the color of the chamber song of my faithful heart. This intimate, summertime moment exists for us only now! On this summer day, we simmer as the...Read the rest...
Categories: summer, feelings, flower, imagery, passion,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Summer Poems

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