Constance La France Poet Free verse

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Photography by Me-  2018

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Clinging To Summer

I love taking photographs of flowers,
on a summer day with long hot hours;
now, that sweet, sweet heat is fading away,
and the days are full of falling showers.

Like flowers-   to summer I am clinging,
and on long walks a picnic lunch bringing;
I am just not ready to say goodby,
but lay under the sun with birds singing.

A dying beauty I cannot deny,
is breathtaking as flowers in July;
yes, I will miss the blooms of summer,
no more photos of sweet gardens- oh my.

I will miss the iridescent hummer,
woodpecker outside - my little drummer;
I am clinging summer, please just don't go,
would like to turn back time to midsummer.

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September 26, 2018

Poetry/Free Verse/Clinging to Summer
Copyright Protected, ID 18-1065-012-01
All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym.

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James Inman September 29, 2018 at 10:45 AM I guess you've been getting good use from the camera you mentioned purchasing some time ago. The photo is wonderful, as well as your poem. Keep it up.

Caren Krutsinger September 27, 2018 at 8:09 PM You have surpassed all contenders in this contest I imagine. I have no idea what a rubaiyat is supposed to look like, but I know you, and so I think this is perfect. I am not holding onto summer, because I am ready for cooler weather, but I am holding onto this gem of a poem, because it is a keeper, Dear Heart.

Winged Warrior September 27, 2018 at 12:41 PM You capture summer very well in your pic and verse, Constance...I do the same my friend...there is such a heavenly beauty in flowers, that only poets & lovers can enjoy...love & flowers...^WW^

Sunlite Wanter September 26, 2018 at 6:29 PM While our summers are extreme, I still do not want to say hello to winter! I love your love of summer.

Heidi Sands September 26, 2018 at 5:55 PM This is beautiful and I can totally relate to the feeling of summer leaving! Gorgeous photo too :)

Constance La France September 26, 2018 at 10:07 AM Hi Poetic Friends, I spent my summer taking photographs of flowers, those who know me on facebook can see them all. Now that summer is going, I am still taking pictures but want to start a new kind of series.