Summer Lento Poems

I run on a super busy beach,   
high up the summer Sun misbehaves;
By and by pause to build sand castles,
nearby is ice cream...

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Sailing in the air as a worker with no name 
Trailing the air to find liquid gold that sun and earth did birth 
Prevailing and...

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Heat waves burn the Summer air 
deceit makes it difficult to breathe; 
Deplete my lungs of oxygen 
beat like dog days lies beneath; 

Rush of...

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Learning Waltzing Matilda, I instantly knew
Australia was the place for me
I'd live like a swagman with my pet kangaroo
and play under the shade of a...

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From behind packs of premature spring
Comes molten summer for the win!
Crumbs of hot rain snatched away
Numb rivers sink into bleak basins

May's but a gentle memory...

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BURNING SUMMER

        Summer severe, whirling wind dry, weary birds to cry.
       ...

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One week more, and it is summertime.
Done will be sweet spring, but in the sky
Sun climbs high now. Children want to have
Fun while parents in...

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Sing “School’s out. School’s out!” Time to wade in creeks.
Bring Kool-Aid and hotdogs outside for a picnic.
Swing high in the tire Dad tied to the...

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cooing blackbirds drowned out with quick ugly squawk
dairy barn invaded by an irritated jay
wooing bovine herds mooing down by eagle rock
airy haymow fragrance potent on...

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The fleeting dawn has translucent crystal light
that shimmers and wrinkles my furrowed slack skin. 
Then a temperate touch, my terrors ignite
as beneath my waves, dark...

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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...

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