L Milton Hankins Poet ABC

Summer Slips Slowly

Summer slips slowly, sullenly southward
Together the terns try taking their turns
Under unusually ubiquitous umber umbrellas
Versatile velocity verified via villagers
While winter welcomed withering weather.

HONORABLE MENTION
written October 7, 2021
"Alliteration and Assonance" Contest
All Poetry - October 11, 2021

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Caren Krutsinger October 11, 2021 at 10:57 AM Lovely alliterative write! And an ABC poem to boot! Incredible! L Milton Hankins October 11, 2021 at 11:03 AM Thank you, Caren. You do them so well, I just had to give it another try. Did you see that it got an Honorable Mention in a contest on AP?

Jan Allison October 7, 2021 at 3:22 PM WOW, such wonderful alliteration:-) hugs Jan xx