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Summer Rispetto

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Hot arid summer, I yearn for cooling rain this endless heat wave; my once lush lawn’s now brown and from the use of sprinklers I must refrain we should conserve water as others will frown I depend on raindrops from my water butt - can’t use a hosepipe as my neighbours may tut! My wilting plants urgently need a cool drink a rain shower may rescue them from the brink ababccdd rhyme scheme Checked with how many syllables Picture me a summer Rispetto Contest Sponsored by Barry Stebbings 7/8/18

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/7/2018 4:12:00 PM

Love the picture, the caption, and (of course) the poem too!! Congrats on your win in the contest. Elephants … hosepipes … neighbors may tut … Jan, you have provided me laughs galore! Thank you, my friend.

Jan Allison
Date: 8/7/2018 5:36:00 PM

Wish we had an elephant to water the garden because a hosepipe ban has now been imposed from last Friday... I must have had a premonition as we were told by a friend who used to work for the water authority that 'it would never happen' !!!:-) hugs Jan xx

Susan Gentry

Date: 8/6/2018 11:28:00 PM

Congratulations on your win. Sounds like our summer. :)

Jan Allison
Date: 8/7/2018 5:10:00 AM

Thanks Susan:-) hugs Jan xx

Eve Roper

Date: 8/6/2018 2:29:00 AM

Back with a Big congratulations on your win! Hugs Eve

Jan Allison
Date: 8/6/2018 12:11:00 PM

Thanks so much Eve:-) hugs jan xx

Wendy Watson

Date: 8/4/2018 4:52:00 AM

I know the feeling! Congratulations!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/6/2018 12:11:00 PM

Thanks Wendy:-) hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/9/2018 6:43:00 PM

Love your humorous light approach to this one, Jan. It's one I need to hurry and try!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/4/2018 2:22:00 AM

sorry I missed your comment ... how ironic we now have a hosepipe ban as from yesterday!:-( hugs Jan x

Janice Canerdy

Date: 7/9/2018 5:30:00 PM

Yep, it's summer, for sure. GOOD poem, Jan! Janice

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2018 5:40:00 PM

Thanks Janice, I've only written a couple of this form before it was nice to have a different challenge:-) hugs jan xx

Mike Gentile

Date: 7/9/2018 9:25:00 AM

Wonderful Jan, I feel thirsty. Great entry here, GL Happy Monday xxoo

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2018 5:39:00 PM

Thanks Mike:-) hugs jan xx

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 7/9/2018 3:44:00 AM

Summers can be brutal and plants and grass suffer along with us. A great entry Jan! : )

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2018 5:36:00 PM

yes everything summers Connie I am wilting like the flowers lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Tom Cunningham

Date: 7/9/2018 3:27:00 AM

We certainly pay a price for lovely summers, our poor gardens, ours looks like the Sahara lol. Still ,glad to be back from the 40 degree heat.. Good luck. Tom

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2018 5:34:00 PM

welcome back Tom, hopefully the weather will break soon and we will get some much needed rain and cooler nights:-) hugs jan xx

Arthur Vaso

Date: 7/9/2018 1:12:00 AM

Nice, here we complain to much rain, then no rain, then too hot then too cold!!! :)

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2018 5:33:00 PM

lol yes gotta admit we love moaning about the weather lol:-) hugs jan xx

Lyric Man

Date: 7/8/2018 10:00:00 PM

A nice rescue write, Jan. Also.. maybe run the hose on low after dark :)

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2018 5:32:00 PM

thanks LM your comment made me smile:-) hugs jan xx

Eve Roper

Date: 7/8/2018 7:59:00 PM

Fabulous , Jan, you made me smile . good luck in the contest.. Hugs Eve

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2018 5:32:00 PM

thanks Eve:-) hugs jan xx

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 7/8/2018 7:35:00 PM

This is darling! I can totally relate, although things are still green here. However the forecast is 10 days in a row of 100 degree weather and above. So then I will truly relate! Good luck in the contest, Jan. Well written.

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2018 5:32:00 PM

I have never known such a warm dry spell Caren, the ground is crying out for water, I thought my strawberry crop would be awesome this year from the amount of flowers I had but the fruit are tiny due to lack of fluid:-( hugs Jan xx

Harry Horsman

Date: 7/8/2018 4:33:00 PM

Oh i love this Jan, agree with you entirely, great poem, and should do really well in contest. good luck. Harry

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2018 12:22:00 PM

We've not seen rain for weeks Harry, just need a good storm to clear the air and replenish our water stocks:-) hugs jan xx

Robertina B.

Date: 7/8/2018 2:45:00 PM

"I enjoyed your creativity, Jan.. Awesome.. When you don't expect it, the rain will arrive.. Warmest wishes to you! "

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2018 12:21:00 PM

we have no sign of rain for the foreseeable future I will welcome it with open arms when it finally arrives:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 7/8/2018 2:09:00 PM

- I also have yellow grass .... it started raining about an hour ago ... but i enjoy summer and sun (This is good for my fribromylagi :) ... there are many, many years since last summer .... i can hardly remember such a summer like this year ... the grass turns green again for Christmas, Jan ....do not worry ... and then you can take a well-deserved shower :))) - GL in the contest :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2018 10:25:00 AM

I've never known such a prolonged dry spell, the seafarers are suffering, we don't have bans on using sprinklers/ hosepipes yet but I am being more mindful about using excess water