Floral Paths of SummerFlowery paths wildly intersect rich, late summer;
While beautiful flute music plays in green trees,
Amidst song so rife, without drumrolls of thunder.
In butterscotch ease, drift humming, honeybees.
While beautiful flute music plays in green trees;
The exotic blooms send pleasant fumes, far away.
In butterscotch ease, drift humming, honeybees;
With huge, tossed hibiscuses, in crimson disarray.
The exotic blooms send pleasant...
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Categories:
beautiful, flower, nature, summer,
Form: Pantoum
SummerI lost my shoes each summer, as you should
just placed them in my case and went barefoot
mother said I shouldn’t, aunty said I could
Except for Sunday school, of course, tut-tut.
If every day were summer, which I wish
I would lose my shoes, paddle in the pond
and let them all be tickled by the fish;
ten toes that...
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Categories:
summer, nostalgia,
Form: Sonnet
SUMMER JUXTAPOSITIONA SUMMER JUXTAPOSITION)
Wow…90 degrees!
Suddenly, white clouds...dark blue:
Then, steaming rain falls
...
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Categories:
summer, extended metaphor, hyperbole, imagery,
Form: Haiku
I Like SummerWinters are vital for all mankind.
And there's snow on mountain tops;
But for most, it's not fun.
Springs are alive and speak to us all.
But it's not without some storms.
Oh, sweet, color me Autumn;
What of you not to like?
Oh, Summer, you are loved.
I love your long and sunny days.
It's enough to astound and amaze.
I met the...
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Categories:
summer,
Form: Free verse
Electric Summer MistIn summer's heat, where vibrant blossoms sway,
A storm awakens, darkened clouds align,
The thunder whispers secrets of the day,
While lightning's flash reveals the past's design.
Beneath the tempest's wrath, my heart takes flight,
To memories concealed in shadow's veil,
Each droplet falls, a tear of lost delight,...
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Categories:
summer, anger, betrayal, fate, moving
Form: Sonnet
The Clocks Go Back One HourTime changes with life and life changes with time.
October grows too old,
Hobbling backwards
With the burden of years,
On the sinuous alcove of time,
Tenebrous and feathery,
Her hidden lamps blinking furiously
At the silhouettes of wasted days.
The wasted leaves of autumn
Break forth and dance down
With the weak speed of burnt confetti.
The clocks go back several ticks,
Schlepping on the tired...
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Categories:
march, october, spring, summer,
Form: Free verse
Summer NightsI recount the nights of faint, distant glows —
the dimmed party lights of summer —
of silenced streaks of fleeing light, tassels of clouds
adorned in fleeting whites,
on the broad balcony of the west, when the
incidents on the large vestibule of the sun sum up
their lives and times on seasons’ palimpsests.
The wild party closes by the stretch...
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Categories:
night, summer,
Form: Free verse
Kaleidoscopic SummerBright and beautiful day,
Glowing colours of light,
Outdoor beckons to us,
There’s fun until twilight,
Each day brings a newness,
This light leaves for the night.
July 15, 2025.
Some Kind of Kaleidoscopic Poetry Contest,
Nette Onclaud.
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Categories:
color, light, night, summer,
Form: Verse
Summer DreamsIn summer, I would never hear the call
for dinner. I was having too much fun
when I was at the plate in wiffleball
and hoping I would score the winning run.
I could not hear the voice, "time to go home",
as I dug holes and caught crabs on the beach.
I could only hear...
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Categories:
memory, summer,
Form: Sonnet
Resplendent Summer 7/14/2025
The splatter of sunlight on the azured-wall,
Does in soul- filled ecstasy brighten!
My soul to write in glory, an uplifting creation.
God, may all poets, their summered-words ,enlighten.
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Categories:
poetry, poets, summer, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
SUMMER SUNRISESUMMER SUNRISE
The sun blooms on the horizon, golden petals stretching ever outwards into the rich blue. It is the brilliant flower of the sky warming our summer days and inviting us to a fresh start.
crimson, scarlet, rose
sunrise hues slowly ascend
morning’s gentle start
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Categories:
12th grade, summer, sun,
Form: Haibun
OH WATERMELONjust for fun....
OH! WATERMELON!
Oh watermelon, you’re a sweet, juicy summertime delight
inviting us all to take a refreshing bite.
Your juice drips down, a sugary, sticky stream.
You’re the taste of summer, delightful but not clean.
Your rind cracks with a satisfying sound.
Your dark...
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Categories:
12th grade, summer,
Form: Couplet
Summer's Glow
pleading petals play gently in the sun
whispering joy across the sticky skin
summertime blessings cannot be outdone
however, autumn is her next of kin
praying roses and melancholic buds
remembering our heart’s tender healing
hanging in timeless ache of fair redbuds
season’s bliss lifts shadows who’re concealing
promising the night stars, moon and fireflies
rousing such beauty the skies come to life
only God...
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Categories:
summer, appreciation, autumn, seasons, star,
Form: Sonnet
summer waves
Categories:
sea, summer,
Form: Haiku
stopping in an alley on a summer dayStopping in an alley on a summer day
rainbow trash exhaling its hot fetid breath
a scamper of invisible residents
searching for the remains of elegant dining
the Nordic hum of struggling A/C units
as an evening sun seems to avoid entry
music drifts from an open window
slowly fades in the humidity
peeking over my shoulder
I slide behind the dumpster…
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Categories:
city, summer,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Summer Poems
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