Connie Marcum Wong Poet Rubaiyat

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Dog Days Endure

Dog Days Endure

Sirius, rising with late summer sun,
Dog star, your timeless tour has just begun. 
Sweet sultry lazy days beside the lake,
These precious waning days of swimming fun.

How I'll miss the warmth this season bestows
As romance dwells in soft full moon that glows.
I will miss the ducks that soon will fly south,
I'll miss my sandals baring naked toes.

Atavistic admiration will buy
These glorious last latent days from sky
Until autumn breezes in with her chill
And I will welcome hues and will not sigh,

For each season has beauty that's unique
With shades of glory in milieu mystique.
Each a blessing progressing to the next
Till then, let dog days gift the joys I seek.
    
9-29-18

~8th Place Premiere Contest~
Contest judged 12/1/18
(A Rubaiyat is a Quatrain with a rhyme
 scheme of AABA, CCDC, EEFE, etc.).
Sponsor Gregory Richard Barden

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Kurt Ravidas May 5, 2019 at 4:29 PM Your rubaiyat is brilliant, Connie. P.S.: The first week of July, if I'm not mistaken)

Charles Messina December 1, 2018 at 5:46 AM Excellent Rubaiyat, Connie. Yes indeed, each season has it's unique beauty! Congratulations on your placement in the contest...Happy Holiday's :) Charlie

Jon Gutmacher November 20, 2018 at 5:06 PM Connie: read several of your poems, and enjoyed all of them. Such a wide variation of style - impressive. Connie Marcum Wong November 20, 2018 at 6:44 PM Thank you very much Jon. I need to be readying my home for company coming for Thanksgiving, but here I am reading poetry. Lol. I appreciate your generous comment on my poetry. Thank you so much. Happy Holidays! : )

Andrea Dietrich November 2, 2018 at 7:21 PM I can't believe this contest never closed out yet. It was such a great idea and here we are already into November. Gosh I think Greg thought this up in August. What is wrong with people around here?? Again, I sure hope to see this on the winners' list, Connie. Connie Marcum Wong November 2, 2018 at 9:34 PM Me too, it should close soon or winter will be here. Haha thanks xxoo

Carolyn Devonshire October 24, 2018 at 8:44 AM Wow! You welcome each season and live in the moment, while others are just wishing time would move faster. Your descriptions of both summer and autumn - they are breathtaking, dear. I am not familiar with the Rubaiyat form, but I see how you followed the pattern of rhyme. Sending winning wishes your way! Hugs, Carolyn Connie Marcum Wong October 24, 2018 at 11:32 AM It was very nice to wake to see this comment from you Carolyn. I have been so busy the last few days, I have had no time to read or write. This is the first Rubaiyat I have written and I am not even sure I wrote it correctly. Thank you for your lovely comment and good wishes. Have a great day. xxoo

Andrea Dietrich October 20, 2018 at 11:42 PM Still crossing my fingers that you win with this beauty, Connie. I have been busy all day but just keeping up on the few comments I got lately. See you later, alligator. Connie Marcum Wong October 21, 2018 at 12:53 AM Thank you Andrea. Yahoo was down and I couldn't get online until late. Our T.V. was out all day until 7:30pm. all over the island they said. It is working now. ;)

CayCay Godwin October 16, 2018 at 3:12 AM I can't believe we haven't read each others Rubaiyat for the contest. Mine had a super short shelf life because I had to post another or miss a contest. (Summer Lacings) Yours is a breath of optimism, courting the beauty and gifts in all seasons, appreciating with gratitude the gift leaving, the gift coming. Very pretty and easy to feel, relate to and spend time with. Love ... CayCay

Vladislav Raven October 7, 2018 at 11:02 AM Hi Connie, a wonderful write you place before us. It suits the Rubaiyat form so well. Summer is ending and Autumn does come. The imagery is so vivid within your gentle words. Every season has its wonders. Your words sing of Summer and the coming of the cooler seasons. I love the content Connie. This write is a fave. Have a wonderful Sunday. Hugs....Mike. XX Connie Marcum Wong October 7, 2018 at 11:30 AM Thank you very much Mike. My daughter sent me a youtube link of a drone flying over the colored autumn trees with music. It was lovely. I truly appreciate the fave! Blessings, Connie xxoo

Lindsay Laurie October 4, 2018 at 11:43 PM Hello Connie … I see this poem being melancholy about the loss of summer but retaining what it produced for you - thank you Connie - Lindsay Connie Marcum Wong October 6, 2018 at 6:50 PM Thank you Lindsay. I feel for those facing a frigid winter. Our tropical weather keeps within about 15 degree change year round. : )

Matthew Anish October 4, 2018 at 10:14 PM I like the from you used - Omar Khayam was the master at it. Good job here - and yes summer is gone but autumn has its delights and then comes the holiday season. Peace & Love Matthew Anish Connie Marcum Wong October 4, 2018 at 11:22 PM Actually autumn is my favorite season but I needed to write about summer for the contest Matthew. Thank you: )

Andrea Dietrich October 2, 2018 at 3:36 PM I just saw Bring On Fall reappeared in the contest section. Good thing. I thought I wrote it for nothing!!

Duke Beaufort October 1, 2018 at 9:10 PM Sirius seen now and tells us what is coming seasonally. Last night I saw alpha Centauri for the first time. So I am far from home, but it reminds me that summers always exist somewhere. Enjoy the dog days! Perhaps the appearance of Sirius is the origin of dog days? I never thought about that. Connie Marcum Wong October 1, 2018 at 9:38 PM Sirius is known as the dog star Duke. Thank you. : )

Andrea Dietrich October 1, 2018 at 3:31 PM Connie, you did a FANTASTIC job with this challenge. I wrote mine just last night and need to go home to type it up and get it posted PRONTO!!! I sure hope this stunner makes the winner list. Connie Marcum Wong October 1, 2018 at 4:16 PM I hope it is what he is looking for Andrea. I am going to go look for yours. I have written yet another autumn poem for a contest. I will have enough for a book soon. Lol. Thank you for such a great comment. : )

Charlie Smith October 1, 2018 at 1:37 PM Excellent work Connie, great use of form...

Caren Krutsinger September 30, 2018 at 10:14 PM This is beautifully written Connie. I am so glad you have written this wonderful ode to summer. Good luck in the contest!

M. L. Kiser September 30, 2018 at 2:42 PM I've been missing Summer for quite a few days now; as the chill sets in, I think about it more and more. Well penned.

Vijay Pandit September 30, 2018 at 7:07 AM A lovely tribute you wrote to the parting summer season. Enjoyed reading your poem..excellent imagery, rhythm and flow, Connie.

Ravi Sathasivam September 30, 2018 at 4:21 AM Excellent imagery write. Lovely romance poem. Thanks for sharing it.

Jan Allison September 30, 2018 at 2:50 AM what gorgeous imagery Connie - I much prefer the cooler days of Autumn to the (sometimes in the UK lol)scorching summer sun:-) hugs jan xx

Carole Duet September 29, 2018 at 9:23 PM Such a lovely poem, Connie. You must live up north and look forward to the summer but I live down south and look forward to the winter.