JULY SEARING SWELTERING--
JULY SEARING SWELTERING
Heated hot placement boils torrid;
Desert a blazed atomic fire;
Summer hot breath balmy pungent;
Searing aromatic spiced boils;
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Summery canicular toasty;
Seething is fervent fiery;
Heated hot placement boils torrid;
Summer hot breath balmy pungent;
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In this muggy sizzling fervid
Scalding warm glowing July day
7/30/25
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2025©
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Categories:
sweltering, analogy, anxiety, engagement, environment,
Form: Tail-rhyme
The Sweltering Heat
I am walking down the street in the sweltering heat, water is dripping from my face and perspiration is oozing out of my skin and flooding the dry places, the reservoir has run dry and there is no sign of rain clouds in the pregnant skies, the fires are running wild and the furnest is
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Categories:
sweltering, adventure, africa, america, birth,
Form: Narrative
Meltering Sweltering
Meltering sweltering is just up ahead
Sweat soaking sheets of our double bed
Underarms are odorous
Some parts are dangerous
Don't light a match it might kill you dead
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Categories:
sweltering, weather,
Form: Limerick
Sweltering Hot
The temperature soars;
it's so sweltering hot
relief is sorely sought;
for sweat doesn't drip; it pours,
under a sun-baked sky,
in the heat Summer wrought.
The beach is bittersweet,
where water versus sand;
and the sun burns the tanned
wading in their bare feet;
trying to beat the heat,
for swimming has been banned.
August in the city
is bereft of pity.
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Categories:
sweltering, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Real Happiness
REAL HAPPINESS
Amazed to see ill-clad kids playing in sweltering heat
Raised by carefree , breezy nature, jovial atmosphere altogether
Played with zeal , indifferent of caste and creed
Unfazed by the prickly, sultry weather.
Enthralled by the boisterous energy ,echoing in towers
Swayed by the squad and drenched in
unusual liveliness
Realised, joy lies within
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Categories:
sweltering, beautiful, cool, happiness, joy,
Form: Lento
Sweltering Frostbite
Summer
Brutal, humid
Grilling, camping, hiking
Picnics, vacations, holidays, traditions
Sleighing, shivering, celebrating
Gentle, fresh
Winter
Contest: Spring or Summer Diamante Poem Poetry Contest
Form: Diamante
Sponsor: Caren Krutsinger
Written: April 25, 2021
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Categories:
sweltering, seasons, summer, sunshine, vacation,
Form: Diamante
Sweltering Monetary Slump
Sweltering Monetary Slump
Torrid atmosphere
Spent as a humorless mock
Bare heat funds replete
Sunshine Williams
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Categories:
sweltering, faith, future,
Form: Haiku
Sweltering Heat
sweltering. . .
the dogs jump
in the creek
Published, Moonset
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Categories:
sweltering, appreciation, dog, river,
Form: Haiku
An Unfortunate, Sweltering Demotion
the land of make believe sounds awfully good right now
i think i will become a cocoon within a cocoon somehow
the water will fill my lungs and i will wave somber goodbye
i will drown knowing that i gave it a real good try
now the dark clouds overtake me and saps me of my strength
the demon
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Categories:
sweltering, heartbroken, loneliness, lost love,
Form: Couplet
''The Sweltering Night Life--''
The sweltering night life has a certain,
darkly, sensual appeal,--a
sexuality about it that draws
the wildlife out.
It is a world of darkness,
a place and time
of shadow and mystery
when strangers fornicate.
During the night, the stars come out;
the moon-glow is bright;
and eager libidos are on the prowl.
While all around, the nocturnal
rhythms increase.
When the darkness
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Categories:
sweltering, night, sensual,
Form: Free verse
End of a Sweltering Day
Sheets upon sheets of rain come pounding down.
Freed, I stand smiling beneath. . . .
as heaven weeps for joy
For Chris' Kooky and Krazily Kimotastic Kimotherapy Poetry Contest
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Categories:
sweltering, nature,
Form: Kimo
'a Once Sweltering Love'
all the signs were there
I preferred to ignore them
it became overt
your actions were deafening
so much louder than your words
tears are all that’s left
of our once sweltering love
I had faith in us
in love that connected us
then I saw you in her arms
Contest Name: Relationship Breakups
Sponsor : Russell Sivey
Written by: Wilma N. Neels
021020112100
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Categories:
sweltering, girlfriend-boyfriend, lost love,
Form: Tanka
On a Sweltering Day
on a sweltering day, I watch the sky
as it tries to eke out tears. . . .
but it simp ly can not
drenched in sweat, too stifled even to stir,
I see grey clouds gathering -
then suddenly explode!
sheets upon sheets of rain come pounding down -
freed, I stand smiling beneath. .
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Categories:
sweltering, naturerain, rain,
Form: Kimo
Hot, Sweet, Sweltering, July
Hot, sweet, sweltering July
When all you can hear are distant hummings
Of inside fans and flies incessant drumming
Fans rattling inside, flies outside amongst the grasses.
Time seems to stand so very still.
Just the act of breathing
Leaves some beaded sweated tears
Some tiny drops of condensation
Along the hollows of your breasts
And the hollows of your mind's years.
There is no
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Categories:
sweltering, nature, nostalgia, seasons
Form: Pastoral