Summer Rain Storm / ( Spencerian Stanza Competition )
A sense of expectation filled the air.
We walked through balmy sheltered forest glade.
My love for him I gladly did declare,
His glance descended ; no response was made.
And empathetic nature felt betrayed.
Beneath the darkened mood of clouds in chase
Familiar eyes now mere regret displayed .
His love had disappeared without a trace,
And summer rain poured down upon my tear-stained face.
09/07/18
Categories:
spencerian, betrayal, sad love,
Form: Rhyme
We sense a distant throb like drums of war,
Hear whistles, shrill, precede firm lifeguards’ cry,
“Get out!” as drops, way off, slant down and pour;
Look there!—chill, sudden gust, umbrellas fly,
Tense mothers rush, all eyes upon gray sky,
To youngsters trembling, safe from surf and sea;
Harsh cracking whip, white klieg bulb flashes high,
Then, snug and wrapped, with mothers, children flee,
Find autos’ shelter, beach deprived hot summer glee.
July 3, 2018
Summer Rain Storm (2) Spencerian Stanza Poetry Contest
Dale Gregory Cozart, Sponsor
Categories:
spencerian, beach, rain, summer,
Form: Rhyme
As sluggish as my thoughts this stifling day,
soft raindrops fall, but soon they’re falling fast,
intensifying! Rain has come to stay!
The wind starts in; trees shake as if aghast.
As rain pounds down, debris goes flying past!
A tree’s branch on my window loudly taps.
For some short time, the onslaught stops at last.
But suddenly, the sky with thunder snaps!
Relief was but this endless summer storm’s mere lapse.
July 1, 2018 For Dale Gregory Cozart's
Summer Rain Storm(2) Spencerian Stanza Poetry Contest
Categories:
spencerian, storm,
Form: Rhyme
Stormy Summer Day
Torrential downpours drown this summer day...
huge puddles forming, filled with tears of rain.
No sun or sky of blue...my heart gives way
to sadness while my mood reflects the pain
of how a gray and rainy day can bring
a sorrow from my heart to hurt anew.
Contagious is the dreariness that clings
when stormy days bring darkness into view
with solemn thoughts of sunshine gone...and, missing you.
Sandra M. Haight
~1st Place~
Contest: No. 475
Sponsor: Brian Strand
Judged: August 6, 2018
~6th Place~
Premiere Contest: Summer Rain Storm
Sponsor: Dale Gregory Cozart
Judged: 07/09/2018
The form required is Spencerian Stanza, consisting of nine lines. The rhyme is ababbcbcc. The first eight lines must be written in iambic pentameter, and the ninth line must be written in iambic hexameter(12 syllables).
Categories:
spencerian, rain, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Lost, deep, among the grasses of the dunes
A summer shower rinsed us, sweet and warm
As, breathing in my ear, your steamy runes
I tasted drops of sea mist from your form
Our late-day passions ended as the storm
Was blushed to silence by the melting sun
The swirling stars, like fireflies in a swarm
Told painted clouds the evening had begun
And by a waking moon ... our lover's dreams were spun.
- June 24, 2018 -
~ 1st Place ~ in the "End June 2018 Premiere Any Form" Poetry Contest, Brian Strand, Sponsor.
~ 8th Place ~ in the "Summer Rain Storm 2, Spencerian Stanza" Poetry Contest, Dale Gregory Cozart, Sponsor.
Syllables counted at HowManySyllables.com, no cliche's per Poetry Soup Cliche' Finder.
Categories:
spencerian, beach, passion, rain, romance,
Form: Rhyme
A summer storm has struck upon the stage.
Like clouds, faces in the crowd change to black.
As lightning triggers sudden disengage,
tonight’s entertainment can stay on track.
The wit he’s stored within his mind’s spice rack
can use this summer rain in which to mull.
Dry humor, soaking wet, delivers smack
and thunderous applause says he’s not dull.
This stand-up comic entertains without a lull.
June 20, 2018
a Spencerian stanza
Categories:
spencerian, humor, rain, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Awash her hair in honeysuckle suds,
As rain with pleasure falls from puffy clouds,
Over dye — pink and gray sans sun, pert buds.
Youth’s effervescent scent of rain so loud —
The sunflowers asleep...June laughs out loud.
A summer’s stream of joyful tears abet
The pinch of confidence — a blushing crowd
Of pinkish roses dawn in stained sunset.
A butterfly jade comb adorns June’s hair warm-wet.
6/19/2018
Dale Cozart’s Summer Rain 2
Spencerian Stanza
Categories:
spencerian, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Pitter Patter, tiny splashes engulf—
like hungry little feet filling hallways.
A busy day ahead demands results,
and yet my awe creates a rain delay.
Crescendos beyond open windows play,
as the slow fan above my bed keeps time—
a metronome on a midsummer’s day.
Stalling my awakening so sublime,
thank you summer rains for extending sleep so prime!
Written for Dale Gregory Cozart's SUMMER RAIN STORM, Spencerian Stanza Poetry Contest
June 17, 2018
Categories:
spencerian, day, home, morning, rain,
Form: Rhyme
Billowing nimbus writhe in charcoal sky,
zephyr winds whisk waves over briny seas.
I watch, observing clouds hastening by
on showery Summer days such as these,
as crystal raindrops soak my thin chemise.
I seek shelter 'neath a swaying date palm,
my wet hair; cobras, dancing in the breeze.
Then the rain abated; the sea grew calm,
sweet petrichor rising, its scent a soothing balm.
SUMMER RAIN STORM(2) Spencerian Stanza Poetry Contest
Sponsored By Dale Gregory Cozart
n/a in contest judged 7/9/18
Submitted to poem na'd in a July contest
Sponsored by Dear Heart a.k.a broken wings
ABABBCBCC checked with rhymezone and how many syllables
6/15/18
Categories:
spencerian, sea, storm, summer,
Form: Rhyme
A bright sunshine day, in the southwest, clouds!
Black, dark, a storm, the day waits, drought not pleased!
Enjoyed dryness for some, heavy cloud shrouds,
tumultuous rain, plants, most all appeased.
Once all flaccid, now proud, thankful, well pleased,
their in full bloom, colours of the rainbow!
storm gone, now play miss the shadows, they're teased,
the sun now casts shadows, dappled rhythm, such the flow.
How nice to dance, too rock-n-roll, find time to grow!
SUMMER RAINSTORM(2) Spencerian Stanza Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Dale Gregory Cozart
14th of June 2018
Categories:
spencerian, storm, summer, sun, sunshine,
Form: Rhyme
Sheer lucid waves caress this oyster beach,
an aqua drowse viewed through a saffron lend,
and siren rip tides coax into a breach
as lambent grains of sand insouciant wend
the dunes of torpid eons through the bend
of hourglasses warped like new-blown glass.
In half-remembered mimes soft breezes send,
behind my eyelids as sweet lilts amass,
the plucking of a lyre string as high seagulls pass.
4/6/18
Categories:
spencerian, beach, imagery,
Form: Rhyme