Summer Rhyming Poems

My favorite game has a shuttlecock.
You can hear my shrieks around the block. 
People come running looking for detective chalk.
Thinking I was killed by a...

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The Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem and The Riming Poem
Old English Poem (i.e., Anglo-Saxon Poem) from the Exeter Book, ca. 990 AD
loose translation/interpretation by...

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The Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem and The Riming Poem - Part II
anonymous Old English Poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990 AD
loose translation/interpretation...

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Translations of the Oldest English Rhyming Poems

The Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem aka The Riming Poem
Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990...

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There’s something
‘Bout strawberries
That I 
Really like,
So I likes
To pick one 
And then take
A big bite …...

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Winter Awakens My Care
anonymous Middle English poem, circa 1300
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Winter awakens all my care
as leafless trees grow bare.
For now my sighs...

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It was the worst kind of summer day
You said our path was not your way
You had roads to travel, places to roam
You couldn’t be tied...

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Dedicatedt
to
Maureen McGreavy

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butterflies, the best time to see,
the time to, time to, time to see.
summer gardens, yes, come with me.
summer in my garden.

did I say I...

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She plucks her harp with passion seen,
A passion, passion, passion seen.
Her face, as summers had once been.
Her face warm thaws a freeze.

Now climates changing seasons...

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The warmth of springtime, sunny bright,
So sunny, sunny, sunny bright,
Springtime flowers, a calming sight,
Springtime birds sing, welcome!

The sound of summer, buzzing, fun,
Wow,  buzzing, buzzing,...

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icy kiss of death
frozen on sweet autumn’s breast
winter’s frosty breath   

frozen crystal spears
melting in a thousand tears
joyful spring is here

what were buds on...

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