Solstice Summer Poems

Humid and hot
Scorching parking lot 
Longest day, shortest night 
Light and dark fight 
Shorts and tank tops 
Sandals and flip flops 

Cutting grass
Catching bass
Beaches and...

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now nearly gone
summer's phase
brighter sun
longer days
sunset blaze
relaxed ways
outdoor fun
that did amaze

seems like yesterday it began-
the summer solstice date
that long-awaited phase
when springtime did abate
to more progressive...

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Oh goldenrod how bright your blaze
though blooming sunrays bittersweet —
your tint the hint of crisper days
when dusk arrives on hastened feet

amidst the green tall grass...

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first a glow and then a glisten
like dawn, breaks forth sticky sweat
an acolyte by solstice christened
droplets form, then rivulets
off the brow and in the eyes
upper...

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Summer Skies

Summer sizzles shading seashore skies
Singing season songs – solstice surprise --
Sweet salmon sunsets spin splendorous shades
Strawberry sunrise spawns stratus shifting serenades.

Sapphire sky’s secret soliloquys...

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summer winds

arid whirlwinds spin
 spread scent of dried pine needles ~
  forest pursues rain

sirocco mistrals
 winds gusts wither tumbleweeds ~
  summer heat shivers

parched...

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the day of becoming
rises from shadows
unmeasured light
a long journey
taken
the highway
rolls over hills
a perspective
points to the sky
bearing time
a passage
the sun and moon dance
life’s work
is never complete
life’s...

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first days of summer

first days of summer
 solstice heat shimmers and sweats ~
  cool blue seaside waves

sun yawns in azure skies
 wakes up sleepy...

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Sun up in the sky
The longest day of the year
Looking in for growth
Sitting and manifesting
Welcome to Summer Solstice...

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The night before the longest day a man
Went walking on the chalk path on the hill
Collecting stars. He had a little pan
To sift them as...

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The daily star announces Summer Solstice 2022

Tuesday, June twenty first
at 5:13 Ante Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun. This demarcates

most daylight...

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Cloudless sky, naked shades of azure.
Oh, summer vibrant, resplendent sun,
We thank Lugh for his longest luster,
Grateful for the bounty he gives everyone.

Sun lights awareness in...

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given a double whammy
they wanted to double down
on double talk
   in the 
torrid gust

this weather channeled
source of telegenic storms
   the summer...

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Lifting my spirits  
heat of the summer solstice,
palm tree company....

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Fireflies

Electric pizazz
Flickering winks of blue ghosts
Like magic with wings
Flits and frolics on warm air
Sets the solstice nights twinkling

3-14-22
Contest: Fireflies
Sponsor: JCB Brul
Tanka: 5,7,5,7,7...

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