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Summer Poems | Examples of Summer Poetry

Summer Poems - Examples of all types of summer poetry to share and read. This list of summer poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of summer poetry. This list of works about summer is an excellent resource for examples on how to write summer poems.
Raining in Summer
Unseasonal summer rains at once burst Everywhere litter and garbage dispersed Making men run here and there for shelter In no time, life becomes helter-skelter Unexpected like facing an old friend Heat waves turn into zephyrs in the...Read the rest...
Categories: rain, summer,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Raining In Summer
An artist paints nomadic drifting clouds, That move with grace in chiffon shrouds, Of summers scorched an earthly brown, Man prays God's teardrops tumble down. A child of love paints through tinted eyes, Of matchstick faces and the bluest...Read the rest...
Categories: inspirational, rain, senses, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Raining in Summer
Acts 14:17 (KJV) “Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.” Dew drenched mornings soften the...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, rain, summer, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Whispers Skyline
Written: May 20, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Siren stunningly sprung a sanguine sway sailboat sheaths spread, and storms swell  splendid summer shorelines spike summertime spousal...Read the rest...
Categories: solitude, summer,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Raining in Summer
The smoldering sun shines incessantly Until the earth’s humidity hastens The forming of cinereal clouds calmly covers The spacious skies above and suddenly Gentle rain soft but steady Begins to fall, splattering and wetting the soil. The pitter-patter pronounces...Read the rest...
Categories: rain, summer,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member city rain
Mud pies Puddles just for jumping in City rain ...Read the rest...
Categories: city, summer,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member summer rain
Summer rain Sidewalk chalkboard eraser Nature’s dust mop Gutter gurgling street cleaner Cold tickles soaking a smile Awakener of worms No hands car wash Childhood puddle dreams Umbrella salesman Mud merchant The hush Upon the edge of heat ...Read the rest...
Categories: rain, summer,
Form: List
Raining in Summer
Raining in Summer Spray spittle from loose gray lips magnifies the green wardrobe of spruce A sea lion couple casually slips from a rocky jut, their ragged brown coats cycled into slick summer wear The north wind pelts the...Read the rest...
Categories: summer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Look Closely
I took the short path, as many do to get to the beach. Loving the beach with it's white sand, a great summertime place for all ages. I could not wait to see the lovely view, the early morning blue...Read the rest...
Categories: beach, fun, morning, summer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Raining in Summer
Perfect summer rain does softly descend Like heaven's tears on beautiful flowers A Poet's inspiration could well be penned As eyes feast on beauty for many hours. Bougainvillea such flamboyant sight Uplifting in its faultless perfection Wisteria-perfumed hot torpid night Happiness reigns...Read the rest...
Categories: garden, rain, summer,
Form: Sonnet
Raining In Summer
The heavens cry, the skies bellow and the earth satisfies its thirst Parched no more, summer grows mellow in this sudden surprise cloudburst Scorching sun has hidden his face from the reigning rain that's falling The earth has acquired a new...Read the rest...
Categories: rain, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member momz - or what r u going to do
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...
Categories: summer, anxiety, humor, mom, parents,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Raining in Summer-Symphonic Summer Rain
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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...
Categories: rain, summer,
Form: Free verse
RAINING IN SUMMER
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...
Categories: rain, summer,
Form: Free verse
A Poet For All Seasons
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...
Categories: summer, autumn, poetry, romance, seasons,
Form: Alliteration

Specific Types of Summer Poems

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