July

Stifling heat broods on the land, smothers any impulse to stir. Sluggish afternoon hours drip, stick to the skin, steeping us in lethargy. 7/12/2017

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Line Gauthier

Date: 8/6/2018 10:21:00 PM

That's exactly how we have been feeling this summer, like steeped teabags! A delightful poem, Agnes.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 7/14/2017 9:27:00 PM

For sure! I know why hand fans and ice tea were part of the deep South! Congrats!

Gregory Richard Barden

Date: 7/13/2017 8:40:00 PM

Oh, this is PERFECT, Agnes - I don't think I've ever heard the sticky summer days so sublimely expressed! A Fav for sure - congrats!! :-)

Agnes Krampe
Date: 7/13/2017 9:19:00 PM

Thank you so much, Greg.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/13/2017 8:25:00 PM

loved the assonance in the middle short I sound words and the whole thing is just so fitting for JULY

Agnes Krampe
Date: 7/13/2017 9:19:00 PM

Thanks, Andrea - I am thrilled you noticed that :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/13/2017 8:25:00 PM

I see a congrats down here. Did you win a a contest with this?

Agnes Krampe
Date: 7/13/2017 9:18:00 PM

I got a 9th place in Brian's July Premiere contest.

Sushma A. Singh

Date: 7/13/2017 7:52:00 AM

Congrats, Agnes! Your poems portrays very vividly the feel of summer humidity, something I m too familiar with, living in North Indian plains where this kind of sticky sultriness stays for months!

Agnes Krampe
Date: 7/13/2017 6:13:00 PM

Thank you, Sushma. It's probably much worse where you live.

M. L. Kiser

Date: 7/13/2017 2:13:00 AM

You've captured the month very well.

Agnes Krampe
Date: 7/13/2017 6:12:00 PM

Thanks, ML

Daniel Turner

Date: 7/12/2017 8:26:00 PM

Come on down here a little deeper in the water, Mrs Agnes. Take a deep steep:) great poem very clever. That is exactly what being steeped must feel like. Open the door and let the sweat in.

Agnes Krampe
Date: 7/13/2017 6:12:00 PM

LOL - must be hot down there where you are, too.

Dale Gregory Cozart

Date: 7/12/2017 6:03:00 PM

Agnes, I live in SoCal and I'm right there with you!

Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 7/12/2017 7:01:00 PM

It is dry-ER, but I'm melting anyway. It's usually not so hot this early. I guess global-warming is working its magic.

Agnes Krampe
Date: 7/12/2017 6:21:00 PM

Is it humid there? I though it was dry?

Jan Allison

Date: 7/12/2017 5:08:00 PM

Phew I feel hot just reading you poem, Agnes . I'm so glad we don't get extremes of temperature and don't have to suffer in the heat:-( hugs Jan xx

Agnes Krampe
Date: 7/12/2017 5:11:00 PM

Thanks, Jan. As you probably know, almost all buildings here are air conditioned, so as long as you stay indoors, it's OK. Can't do anything outside during the day; I went for a walk at 8am and it was already over 80.

Heidi Sands

Date: 7/12/2017 5:02:00 PM

It's a little humid here with some storms around, but not that bad. Hope it gets cooler soon. Good one Agnes :)

Agnes Krampe
Date: 7/12/2017 5:10:00 PM

Thanks, Heidi. Slight cooling expected Friday, then back to upper nineties for next week. I hate summer here.

Chris Green

Date: 7/12/2017 4:56:00 PM

You can say that again. The afternoons are the worst...I'm in one right now. : ) Nicely done Agnes.

Agnes Krampe
Date: 7/12/2017 4:58:00 PM

Thanks, Chris. It is awful, upper nineties and humid. Makes my brain rot. I'd rather have scorching dry heat.