Love July Poems

In the realm of existence, where time unfolds,
A tale of wonder, in verses untold.
A symphony of life, in hues of vast,
A saga of futures, present,...

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Lethal kind heart, your fingernails like morganite daggers
sharp enough to stab my heart from the hearth that you warm
As long as you still light it,...

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I pick your apples with a gentleness uncharacteristic of my kind.

I eat them with a fervor that may only come from me.

You are my garden...

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Under the shadow of a maple tree,
Green as summer, wistful and praising
Like the peace blowing dandelion seeds
Risking the rain’s rhythmic showers,
Against blades of tempting July...

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Highlights from Highland Manor

Courtesy Goofus and Gallant 
who began their broadly-drawn 
moral plays in the 1950s, 
initially depicted as identical twins,
but later on, editors for...

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A dolphin ride in a lake that's green
While covered in a greasy sheen
Cooking under my sunscreen
My father throws me high

Hungry now and out of breath
Underwater...

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A former lyric to celebrate some bode
A lyric to praise someone who is a goad
A lyric in praise of the West Wind - an abode
Of...

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In the hot A-Ga-Ming night
My wife and I skip the July 4th fireworks
At the sandbar down south on long Torch Lake

Start our own shoreline fire

Count...

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July is not mine
Nor is yours
Nor was meant to be

So I say goodbye
And let go of you, July

I, my worth known, not imply to love...

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A philly steak style ribeye
shved thin. stir fried with onion 
,garlic, and mushrooms.
Mixed with a mixture of
cream cheese, pareseam cheese
and smoked swiss.
Served on a spinach...

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LAST JULY

Last
July
I saw her
For the first time
And last September
We married in St. Mark’s
This January she met
A boy she used to know at school
And so my...

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Written: July 09, 2023
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Jump in the cool water for a chilling time.
Where worries are forgotten and spirits climb.
Watermelon treats, juicy and sweet,
A taste of summer...

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Kiss,
our first,
in July.
Holding your hand,
as your lips brushed mine.
Loud fireworks exploding,
as my lips kiss yours again.
A crowd's gathered watching the show.
We escape and hide behind...

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Hot,
cooking
days and nights.
Parades in town,
dancing horses ~ clowns.
Sky lights up everywhere,
pretty colors fill the air.
Animals do not like the noise,
the loud noise hurts their sensitive...

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In
July
Down under
It's frigid cold
It's time for Christmas
To enjoy hot turkey
Hot plum pudding with custard
Baked veggies drizzled with gravy
A gathering of family friends
Who just love the...

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