Summer Wave Poems

Non-working floor fan 
windows with non-working screens 
wet spot on love seat...

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I remember where the sidewalk ended
Next to where the old fan palm grew
That waved its many hands at me
As I walked home from school each...

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I am very small,                     ...

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I loved the cool, blue-green seas, and was most at home on crystal water,
As earth, forever in the pale glow of a moon, looks fondly...

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Under this brilliant clear blue sky
A smoldering heat has descended,
Humidity so high I think I shall die
Under this brilliant clear blue sky
Electricity is now in...

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This is my humble tribute to our dear Soup member Andrea Dietrich, using some of her poem titles. This is actually inspired by a contest...

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The first wave of the pandemic was unleashed upon the American people and also other  nations as well.  According to one of my...

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Umpteenth heat wave since onset of summer...
sizzles Delaware Valley today August 25th, 2021

Said geographical area composed of counties
located in Southeastern Pennsylvania,
South Jersey, Delaware, and
Eastern Shore...

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oppressive heat wave
hovering over mid-west
need for summer rains

written July 19, 2021...

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A
prayer
I
say for
you today.
I pray
for
your health
peacefulness
angels to watch
over you.
My love
I
give you.
May God be
with you
each
waking
day.


Date Written: 6/13/2021

1 Place

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Waltz Wave Contest Poetry Contest
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Surf’s up,
Heads are down,
Timing their move,
Concentrated frown,
Salt lips,
Hard swallow,
Adrenalin pumping, 
There is no tomorrow,
The white horses charge,
Their chariots follow,
Surfing speeding waves,
Above a spray crested hollow,
For...

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The rainbow flag that waves 
At schools and heroes graves
In filled stadiums and banks
Pumps pride in my hearts tanks
Awakening the beast in me
I never knew.

It...

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Seems like a year or two
Sweaty stench envelops you

Your eyes burn, your throat cracks
Your shirt is plastered to your back

Collar wilts, underthings cling
Wasps and hornets...

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heat wave

sizzling waves of heat
 lightning tangos with thunder ~
  moonlight gives no shade

8-16-20
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Nature Haiku...

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sun-kissed briars droop
summer blisters scar grey twigs
cypress leaves ooze sweat

nightjars scoop dry ice
v ripples on rain starved ponds
homing pigeon’s drought

Date Created : 26/6/2020 Twenty sixth...

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