Autumn Is Near
When the sublime symphony of summer
is about to enter its last movement
The mysterious curtain of magic
Nature transform into golden colors
yellow, orange, red and even purple
Eye-catching spectacular color shades
Walk in the quiet respite of autumn
while breathing in the lovely fresh...
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Categories:
autumn, beauty, summer,
Form: Other
Thrill of Late Summer
Written: August 09, 2025, for contest SEASONS NOW AND AFTER Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud
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Aurora sheds her velvet, gleaming flame,
Dusk with iridescent shades fills the air.
Molten winds trick hearts in taking a game,
Grooved meadows grant obedient despair.
The alabaster clouds sparkle with grace,
Empyrean dreams appease...
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Categories:
autumn, summer,
Form: Other
ShiverIn another life, we were.
I hope you found
what you are looking for.
Is it too late?
Don’t turn around.
Here and everywhere,
I remember you.
In the summer wind,
what once was....
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Categories:
summer, break up, death of
Form: Free verse
When Summer Lets GoQuote:
“Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay”
... Robert Frost
[Verse]
It’s the hour of summer’s last breath,
Golden days...
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Categories:
summer, nature,
Form: Free verse
THRILL OF LATE SUMMERSEASONS NOW AND AFTER Poetry Contest
Nette Onclaud
8/8/25
As summer winds to an end, there's a pitch
Summer's last breath rocks with school-aged kids
Soon, the air will be filled with excitement
Like hens racing for corn at feeding time
College kids are racing off to their schools
With the new school year, friendships are renewed
Back-to-school shopping and clothes are noted
On-campus parties...
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Categories:
summer, school, seasons,
Form: Other
Thrill of Late Summerhis lips slipped upon mine; into dreaming
in the satellite of fall's chaste shadows
sphered by the last cast of summer streaming
onto our free skin, sunk in the shallows
our first kisses, our first mature outlet
for a latent love now bursts in our ears
from seeds sown in spring's bosom, mere trinket,
our little love, hedging, a nest appears
underneath the...
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Categories:
summer, feelings, love, seasons,
Form: Other
That Pause Between Summer And AutumnThe footprints of Summer are left to fade
garnished by Autumn as it starts to slow
and steals the sunlight with its dim-lit shade
as the seasons begin to ebb and flow
The Autumn's nip chills its honeyed glow
as the wet leaves of Summer have withdrawn
to leave a pause mid-change of Autumn's show
as it paints vivid colors of the...
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Categories:
summer, nature,
Form: Other
next summerDo you think we could fall in love again next summer?
Like a warm breeze that swiftly moves through the seasons embracing for the cold winter ahead.
We would sit among dewy grass blades and walk along the chilled sand from a secluded beach as the moon rises.
Splash and swim around in chilly water.
Lay between wildflowers and...
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Categories:
summer, break up, fate, lost
Form: Free verse
Autumn is NearI'm at my keyboard as I remember
a long ago dawning of September.
Who would have thought that a once youthful lad
would encounter summer's end and be glad?
He enjoyed all the freedom and the play,
given a boy on each extended day.
But now, was ready to return to school,
a sentiment not oft' considered cool.
To see the...
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Categories:
autumn, school, summer,
Form: Other
That Pause Between Summer And AutumnFor: SEASONS NOW AND AFTER Poetry Contest Sponsor: Nette Onclaud Date: August 6, 2025
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Somewhere between the summer and the rain
you left and left me lonesome once again.
The tiger-lily and the bumblebee
are pleased to keep their simple company.
The young black-tailed deer and her spotted fawn
take morning leisure on the fresh mown lawn
Two-by-two...
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Categories:
summer, loneliness,
Form: Other
Thrill of Late Summer
Lying in between seasons is a pause,
To look at what's gone on, what's to become.
In Fall, dreading Summer's last curtain call.
In Spring, vaulting to cheer Winter's demise.
The quad-cycle ride brings its surprises.
It taunts, haunts with clockwork compromises-
When we wake up before the alarm sounds,
Or press snooze, to linger on dreams instead.
Drowning the questions never posed...
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Categories:
summer, seasons,
Form: Other
Summer of loveheart full of wishes
lips full of kisses,
roses red with bees,
twitter, twitter trees,
summer abloom with love.
shopping malls are full,
new fashions their pull,
laughter, giggles, cheer,
beauty walks new wear,
Summer abloom with love.
ice cream vendors day,
amidst kids at play,
shorts, hats and sun cream,
romance, hearts in dream,
Summer abloom with love.
brook slithers slowly,
lilting sweet lovely,
long while to sunset,
when world looks the...
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Categories:
summer, 10th grade, love,
Form: Rhyme
Sinking Summer
Pastel flowers and velvet greens
quickly matured through July days;
refining fullness, but alas
surrendering to August's phase.
Too soon, this time will quickly pass
unveiling hints of Autumn's blaze.
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Categories:
feelings, summer, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
SUMMER STORMAs the warmer temperatures rise
Suddenly storms comprise
Sun faded
Winds blew mightier
Cluster of Clouds gathered
Darkened skies got darker
Lightning bolts after lightning bolts were streaking here and there
Rain poured unmeasurable
Thunder spoke
Humility came to a brief end in cool
Refreshing soak
Storm passed
Brief and swift
Damp ground
Quickly dried
Summer storm
Many more to follow
Summer fun
Never outdone
...
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Categories:
summer, appreciation, art, beauty, body,
Form: Free verse
Scorchedsummer’s scorching heat
leaves curl up burnt to a crisp
the tree’s life threatened
...
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Categories:
summer, tree,
Form: Haiku
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