Poetry competition CLOSED 12th September 2022 10:43pm
WINNER
slipalong
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Hot hot hot

robert43041
Viking
Tyrant of Words
Canada 43awards
Joined 30th July 2020
Forum Posts: 918

Poetry Contest

It is 42 degrees Celsius in the shade. How do you escape? Are you already in a Christmas mode?
You are suffering ? Enjoying? Wishing to escape?
Poems to 50 lines or so.  Humor most welcome.

robert43041
Viking
Tyrant of Words
Canada 43awards
Joined 30th July 2020
Forum Posts: 918

Hot and cold

Some people say that some Winter days
Are as cold as a witch's tits.
On such cruelly hot Summer days
I wish I had one next to me

For some other people Hell is right here
On earth
On such scorching days it feels like
Lucifer is next door and enjoying herself,
Laughing at us as she is turning up the heat
Getting her hellish BBQ ready
For the usual rowdy crowd.
Written by robert43041 (Viking)
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Jordan
D.O.C.
Thought Provoker
United States 13awards
Joined 4th May 2022
Forum Posts: 245

No Escape Save One

"See beyond, Lear." -- the court fool on that which matters
 
* *   *

Each dies in Pain
batting the summer mosquitoes
sticking to birthday suits
theses hot nights of childhood --
which bite, and then wait.

*   *   *

a dedication of Respect
for
the Pain of a fiendish heat

a revolving helios free verse/menippean satire

september, 2022 -- fevers on the rise
Written by Jordan (D.O.C.)
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Zaynab_kamoonpury
Fire of Insight
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Joined 4th Dec 2017
Forum Posts: 69

Summery muse

When golden orbs of sunshine    
kiss your window sill      
and sunlight enters      
like divine floodlights      
and warms you up softly      
glinting upon your knick knacks      
and the decor then shines      
like glittery sequins      
you know      
it's time you stroll to the sunkissed beach      
and let sand and sun combine      
in olden golden shine      
for holidaying kodak moments!!      
Trees offer a background of tinsels      
A sunshiny backdrop for snaps[b]
     
But in tropical places      
the heat of the summer      
can also be a real big bummer![/b]
Swimming pools a lucky escape
from a scorching parched landscape.
Written by Zaynab_kamoonpury
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slipalong
Dangerous Mind
United Kingdom 43awards
Joined 1st Jan 2018
Forum Posts: 855

Farce of summer holidays

We welcomed it with open arms
but ever soon it lost its charm
and whatever shadows shade
dissolved wherever rays were laid

Bared our skin to colour bronze
but its intensity went ON and ON
and seeking any shady spot
 cool that was, any dark inky blot

 Sun hats they were all sold out
sunscreen disappearing in a rout
the earth was parched its surface cracked
with no escape, we all are trapped

Like ants we scamper bear a leaf
to fan ourselves and give relief
when factor 50's not enough
like eggs we fry with yellow up

The forecast says there's no let-up
waters scarce with none to sup
warm beer, the coolers have gone phut
ice cubes so scarce, this weather sucks

Our holiday it was a ball
lie through our teeth in false recall
Oh yes, we'll all return next year
when all our sores had time to heal
a farce its humours, left concealed

Written by slipalong
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wallyroo92
Tyrant of Words
United States 154awards
Joined 11th July 2012
Forum Posts: 1870

I'm so Hot

 
It was 111 the other day
(If you’re keeping score it’s almost 44)
My fat is crying without me even trying
I sweat by doing the simplest of chores

And then it jumped up to 114!
It barely cools down right before dawn
By mid-morning it’s already blistering
Who the hell left the oven on?

I can’t escape the heat even in A.C.
Or else the bills give rise to more complaints
And when walking just to get to the car…
This town is hotter than Satan’s taint

Don’t tell me climate change is a myth
One day it’s sweltering
  The next there’s a storm
The rain comes and goes like a dream
Mother Earth looks upon us with scorn
Written by wallyroo92
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slipalong
Dangerous Mind
United Kingdom 43awards
Joined 1st Jan 2018
Forum Posts: 855

Much appreciated a privilege to write with my fellow poets

wallyroo92
Tyrant of Words
United States 154awards
Joined 11th July 2012
Forum Posts: 1870

Congrats to slipalong for the win and thank you robert for the honorable mention. Hope the heat is getting better for everyone all around.

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