Best Seasonssummer Poems
For only a few summer months out of the year,
I can always find a pretty girl working here.
She is the type of gal most guys see in a dream.
I see her every summer day scooping ice cream.
Sundaes, cones, sodas, there is nothing she can’t serve.
I want to speak to her, but I can’t get the nerve.
Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, or peach,
many other flavors are within her reach.
A sundae or cone she can serve me any day.
If I could get her attention, is there a way?
I always look forward to the summer season.
Susie at the ice cream parlor is the reason.
The Boardwalk
Whistles, jeers
Unrelenting young men
Ladies in swimsuits sigh while passing by
Screams from the Wild Mouse
Creaking ominously against summer skies
What happens if it fails to make that turn?
Spinning wheels, colorful trophies
“Step right up and try your luck!”
“Come on, Dad, it’s just a buck.”
Children’s laughter
Fun House draws a youthful audience
Mom and Dad slurp snow cones outside
Buzzing overhead
Plane with trailer invites diners:
“Sample succulent fare at Oyster Pad”
Honking trams
Make room for commuters
Who heckle pedestrians
Pounding surf
Lovers entwine beneath the wooden planks
Whispering promises of eternal affection
Cooing pigeons
Stalk the waffle stand
Wings flutter when bounty’s found
Yawning toddlers
Mothers cradle in their arms
Dads wearily tote huge, stuffed bears
* for the Sounds of Summer challenge
Summer waves goodbye, as it tip toes forward.
Autumn shadows the land, without saying a word.
The hues of fall gradually makes its appearance.
The traces of summer breeze by, saluting in reverence.
Autumn light rain covers over the splayed ground.
A gentle wind cradles the leaves falling all around.
Summer passes on by, taking the toil and the heat.
Autumn breathes in coolness, as the summer retreats.
Trees turn over a new leaf, as autumn commands.
The green plush ground fades and changes hands.
Grayish clouds appear and the sun is obscured.
Autumn abounds with mystery and full of allure.
Summer time is here, and everybody's about to have a good time. The sun is out for summer
vacation and it's time to have some fun. The summer breeze is cooling everybody off after
a long day under the sun. Everybody's out at the beach building sand castles, playing
beach volleyball, surfing in the ocean, and relaxing on the sand. I hope everyone is able
to bring some beach towels, beach umbrellas, and plenty of sunscreen. All people could go
for a glass of iced tea or lemonade after a long day. Summer vacation is like going to a
summer festival at Central Park in New York City. Sometimes, all of the summer days are a
little bit boring, but some of them are filled with a lot of fun and a lot of excitement.
There's a lot to do during the summer, like, going to summer camp, , reading books filled
with plenty of adventure, and stuff. There's 104 days of summer and everyone's not going
to blow it. Even though summer will be over and temperatures will drop down, summer will
be an unforgettable season.
For The Summer is Over Haiku contest:
Sunsets come early
Leaves fade and begin to fall
Too soon summer flees
Radiating through violet shadows
resplendent rays of moonlit charm
Smiles of a summer night.
Velvet moss on pavement grey
elegant shimmer of crystal stream,
Radiating through violet shadows,
Maple adorning colors of Fall,
bedecking a world, still and calm,
resplendent rays of moonlit charm.
Butterflies engaged in spirited plays
Gently rings the memory bell, like
Smiles of a summer night.
Poetry Form - Cascade
** Cascade, a form created by Udit Bhatia, is all about receptiveness, but in a
smooth cascading way like a waterfall. The poem does not have any rhyme scheme;
therefore, the layout is simple. Say the first verse has three lines. Line one of verse
one becomes the last line of verse two. To follow in suit, the second line of verse
one becomes the last line of verse three. The third line of verse one now becomes
the last line of verse four, the last stanza of the poem. See the structure example
below:
a/b/c, d/e/A, f/g/B, h/i/C
To make the Cascade an even longer poem, use more lines in verse one. For
example, if verse one has 6
lines, the poem must have seven stanzas so that each line of verse one is reused as
a refrain in each following stanza (a cascading effect).
(Since there's no option for Cascade in the Form drop drown I chose Free Verse)
Hasten Summer, Hasten!,
come swiftly back to me,
come hollyhock and rose bush
come lovely picnic tea,
come gentle breeze,
come apple trees
come busy bumble bee,
Oh hasten summer hasten!
come swiftly back to me.
Hasten Summer, Hasten!
come swiftly back to me,
come lemonade, and rose hip wine,
come lime and strawberry,
come carriage rides,
come happy brides,
come weekends by the sea,
Oh hasten summer hasten!
come swiftly back to me.
Form:
Greet the heat with a smile
Meet all your summer dreams
Eat some corn and watermelon
Treat yourself to ice creams
Drink some homemade lemonade
Think of cool blue seas
Blink and suddenly, summer is over
Sink into melancholy
I wake up to a fly buzzing in my ear
The birds are chirping
The ducks begin to quack
As you can hear the dogs barking
Here comes the cats who meow in this musical
The wind blows and make the chimes ring
Welcome to the sweet sounds of summer morning
FOR SOUNDS OF SUMMER CONTEST
O' the summer breeze
Cool and satisfying winds
A soothing whistle
O' the summer breeze
Now gone, for winter is here
O' the frosty winds.
into the spotlight
high summer enters stage left-
son et lumiere
Inspired by Raul's Summer tempest photo
Summer Fun
Summer fun is wrapping up.
So are my last days for being a beach bum,
by hanging out in my flip-flops and string bikini.
Now that the nights are growing longer
and the days are growing shorter.
Time to get serious and
put my life back in order.
But, I'll always remember fondly,
my days this summer of hanging
by the pool and studying for school
while sipping on a gin and tonic.
I'll also miss the lovely summer tunes
that played over the pool's loud speaker
and the smile of our well-toned lifeguard
who always proudly wears
his high-top sneakers.
Author's Notes
Hot sultry summer air.
Clouds gather filled with rain,
float by leave water rare.
All wait relief from pain.
Clouds gather filled with rain,
leaving a small sprinkle, while
all plants wait relief from pain.
Frogs hear thunder for miles.
Leaving a small sprinkle while,
crickets, birds, bees with all
frogs hear thunder for miles.
Sunflowers enjoy; grow tall.
Crickets, birds, bees with all,
float by leave water rare.
Sunflowers enjoy; grow tall,
Hot sultry summer air.
Contest: Pantoum
Sponsor: Paula Swanson
Scents to mingle in summer heat,
Jasmine,Honeysuckle, bittersweet.
The perfumed petals ,paperwhite
first intoxicate,then delight.
Lilies waxing in summer light
A heady fragrance to fill the night
-----------------------The sweltering heat From the valley below
Rising as a shimmering mirage
The evergreens accept what passes through
The rocks below inhale the heat
The cool mountain swirling winds entwine with heat
The birds singing summer’s song
The coolness of their shaded nest among the pines
Enticing them to sing love hymns
A deer, a cougar, drinking from a pure clear lake
A brown trout jumps ; catches fly
Sublime tranquility as the sun kisses the treeline
A summer day on the mountain
Inspired by John Heck's Summer Celebration Contest