Summer Poems | Examples of Summer Poetry

I’m enjoying spending time with my mom - we have an intimacy braided like rope. I forgot how funny she is. At the same time, we’ve been softcore arguing for days. She wants me to accomplish...Read the rest...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I close my eyes with the sound of rain, it splatters in puddles, on the rain gutter, sharp patter on metal, dull sound on concrete, softly drumming oleander leaves. Rat-at-tat-rat-a-tat-tat-tat. Ping! Triangles ring on the fireplace flu Ping! Rat-a-tat-tat-tat. Ping! Summer rain collects, cascading from the...Read the rest...

RAINING IN SUMMER There are some for whom rain is a blessing After weeks of drought and dry riverbeds Those precious droplets of cool clear water Yet hardly enough to restore cracked earth But welcome, as many rush to fill...Read the rest...

I am not the perfect poet, you and I both know it, though surely we could share, our time with rhyme and reason, springtime, snowdrop, couplets, summer days of sunshine sonnets, autumnal skies of falling paper leaves, winters filled with warming...Read the rest...

I've always lived in Southern California. I've never heard of summer rain. This notion, I have to say, quite honestly, Strikes me as insane.    I might as well speak of fluffy penguins Who live in the Sahara, Or opine on...Read the rest...

We all have a story. We all have drama in life. Some sad sagas are unbelievable, And others are much less dramatic. When I was very young, There was never enough Of the summer rains that Always freed me from pain. But I...Read the rest...

We walked through the woods and saw piles of cut timber waiting in well made bails the narrow path meant we walked in file onward down until we came to a stile which lead us on for another mile the...Read the rest...

At four o'clock, Your world wakes: My dainty array Of a rainbow vale. With fascination, Every four o'clock I Watch your opening eyes Obey - without a fight - The alarm clock in your mind....Read the rest...

Waking up with you Makes me smile Like a sunday morning Lay with me for a while...Read the rest...

Admire a Summer Flower Contest ************************************************************* Hey, Johnny Jump Up, Mischievous elf, Your look like Viola, Not like yourself. Same shape, same colors - Before our eyes, Your yellow and purple, Quite the disguise. Vibrant, bright colors Painted on your five petals Love, luck and happiness Your gifts...Read the rest...

“It does not matter if you are a rose or a lotus or a marigold. What matters is you are flowering.” Rajnesh Placed 10th in: Admire a Summer Flower Poetry Contest Sponsored by Jay Narain ...Read the rest...

Summer days are coming soon- Unveiling in our month of June. Midday warm Sun and cool night Moon- ...Read the rest...

By the time it's officially Summer, Without a doubt, they will be arresting me. Presently, they are budding under the crape myrtle, which also will be stunning by summer. Most assuredly, all of our plantings will be most...Read the rest...

Sunlit petals can be found Underneath a center round, Nodding ... both to and fro Finding summer breezes' blow, Loyal to a warm embrace Over to the sun they face, While they stand, o, so tall Even into the months of...Read the rest...

Frazzle dazzled Summer escapades, a wave of madness hoists a red flag; Fuchsia allows my brain to defrag, sunsets melt hues into softer shades; I can now turn down those hot coals that my emotions have been tossed on; Acting impulsive...Read the rest...