Summer Sapphic Stanza Poems

 oh, the days! the days I wish I could get back;
 sandwiched between my book of fond memories.
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Signs of summer dwindling away show themselves
Yellow buses exclaim school is in session
Children no longer fill the parks through the day
Parents breathe a sigh

Teachers prepare...

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Harvest moon you welcome another season,
leaving dreams of summer to winter's wishes;
greens turn shades of orange and red and yellow
   ~Marshmallow campfires...

Summer slowly...

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Your appearance, beautiful gold in summer 
Your regalia, shimmering snow in winter 
You awakened Norea from her darkness 
Offer the moonlight...

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Many years ago, the thrill of traveling was
special to us, mostly in the summer months.
We planned to visit sites never seen before-
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Sappho fragment #2
translation by Michael R. Burch

How can I compete with that damned man
who fancies himself one of the gods,
impressing you with his "eloquence" ...
when...

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a dark underbelly cloud sweeps past the trees
  as they bow down then snap like minds gone crazy
     defenseless on...

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For years I’d begged my parents for a puppy
Sam was a surprise gift for my ninth birthday 
With his huge dark brown eyes and long...

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After winter, springtime holds humans subject
Also, likely sometimes control response to 
Nature's language, sedulous into summer
Wildflowers blossom  


Written: April 18, 2015 

/u /u /uu...

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Drifting darkly, memories swirling upward
snarled in spiders' frightfully webs spun, hoping
peace comes soon with fierceness. Her anti-venom
saves me from bug bites.

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By: Nancy Jones
Sapphic Stanza Contest
9/17/13...

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Did we weep when winter met its icy death,
or mourn when autumn had its fall, but when the 
summer came with sunny days and ...

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