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Lazy Summer Days

ANACREONTIC VERSE

In the blazing heat
of summer days,
I find swimming holes
and fishing poles
a lazy river
where I drift
tubing with a
chest of cold beer
not caring where
the current takes me
until hunger calls
eating burgers
grilled at the lake
homemade ice cream
freshly churned
I have learned
the best ways 
to enjoy summer
in days of heat
is to be lazy
with something sweet
Summer nights
somewhat cooler
heat tempered 
by soft breezes 
they exist
but not often found
time for vacation
in the snow
somewhere it's cool
that's where I'll go


7/22/2016
Anacreontic Verse Contest
Edward Ebbs

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 9/29/2016 8:57:00 PM
just lovely Marti! congratulations on your placement :)-luloo
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Date: 8/30/2016 1:24:00 AM
Very frank write, Marti:) Congratulations on top win:)well deserved:)
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Date: 8/28/2016 10:53:00 PM
A great poem and win. Congratulations. Joyce
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Date: 8/27/2016 12:02:00 PM
Nice win Marti, congratulations
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Date: 8/27/2016 9:36:00 AM
Congrats !!!! Sara
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Date: 8/27/2016 5:49:00 AM
woohoooo Many congrats Marti so lovely to see you at the top of the podium:-) hugs jan xx
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Date: 8/27/2016 2:59:00 AM
Marti...a lovely winning entry with a deserving first place win! Congratulations! 7 ; )
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Date: 8/26/2016 10:01:00 PM
Congrats on your win, Marti.
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Date: 8/26/2016 9:58:00 PM
Congrats on your win, nicely done :)
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Date: 7/23/2016 10:02:00 AM
Love this one, Marti. Want to see the poems you told me about but not sure where to look. I am dying for my breakfast now. haha. Let me see a few more first.
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Date: 7/22/2016 6:51:00 PM
A nice summer song. Im really not a fan of this form. It doesn't seem to bring anything extra to the poem...just my two cents.
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Date: 7/22/2016 9:38:00 AM
Great write Marti, nice to see you getting the recognition you deserve, all of our views are down it's those lazy summers days, as you say most on vacation.
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Date: 7/22/2016 8:29:00 AM
Lovely imagery and a beautiful flow to your verse Marti - I must poem mine today:-) good luck in the contest:-) hugs Jan xx
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