Summer by Top Critiquers Poems
#summer
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
29th Jan 2025 11:01am
29th Jan 2025 11:01am
And now a true story
My childhood friend Kirby and I once hypnotized a frog in the summer of 88. We found a rock on the lake's shoreline that looked like an emerald. We believed the rock had super powers. An hour later, we found the frog. We began rubbing the rock on the top of it's forehead. It was amazing. The frog was hypnotized. (We thought) We weren't sure though on how to unhyptnotize the frog. Instead, we kept the frog and fed it to Kirby's German Sheppard, named Bear. That was the 1st time his dog tasted frog! 'oui oui'
After Bear had lunch, we went inside to see Kirby's Grandma. This old...
After Bear had lunch, we went inside to see Kirby's Grandma. This old...
#childhood
#friendship
#memories
#ShortStory
#summer
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8 Comments
fianaturie8
Fia Naturie
Fia Naturie
Poem Published
23rd Jul 2024 8:04pm
23rd Jul 2024 8:04pm
Life Lessons pt 4 (Revelations)
(It did not rain all the time in London. The sidewalks were cleaner. Older Londoners love to have tea with milk and cookies. I remember there was also a thing about flowers in the front yard and it had to look better than someone else’s)
This was our last week in the UK. David and I were allowed to see each other as long as there was an adult nearby.
My sister and I and the other cousins went to meet up with some of their friends from school. These are the same bunch of girls that offered me the cigarette.
The one who announced loving the...
This was our last week in the UK. David and I were allowed to see each other as long as there was an adult nearby.
My sister and I and the other cousins went to meet up with some of their friends from school. These are the same bunch of girls that offered me the cigarette.
The one who announced loving the...
#Britain
#fiction
#summer
98 reads
10 Comments
Betty
Poem Published
12th May 2012 4:05am
12th May 2012 4:05am
Trite, cliché, pretentious
I do so want to compare thee to a summer’s day,
and let your temperance fall like spun sugar on my lips:
But face it, baby,
you ain’t temperate,
and
I live in the subtropics.
So fuck it.
Fuck the peppermint dreams I’d think
if it wasn’t
(if you weren’t)…
So…
Damn…
Hot… .
When I compare you to a summer’s day,
I’m thinking humid, sultry, sticky, wet,
so damn hot I have to pull apart my thighs,
as your candy kisses melt like welts against my bare shoulders.
And...
and let your temperance fall like spun sugar on my lips:
But face it, baby,
you ain’t temperate,
and
I live in the subtropics.
So fuck it.
Fuck the peppermint dreams I’d think
if it wasn’t
(if you weren’t)…
So…
Damn…
Hot… .
When I compare you to a summer’s day,
I’m thinking humid, sultry, sticky, wet,
so damn hot I have to pull apart my thighs,
as your candy kisses melt like welts against my bare shoulders.
And...
#erotic
#summer
#sensual
1715 reads
31 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
27th Aug 2022 3:16am
27th Aug 2022 3:16am
Fall, with Open Arms
Round here, the summers are brutal
Today it was One-0-Eight
(That’s 42 to some of you)
It’s so hot your skin can fry and bake
‘Round here, summer starts in April
And sometimes lasts past September
Why did I move to this place?
Dang it, I wish I could remember
But once the season changes
And the sun has a new position
Something magical happens
I begin to have a sunnier disposition
The cool breeze brings bright memories
Of my college years, of freshman days
When youth and opportunity seemed endless
When...
Today it was One-0-Eight
(That’s 42 to some of you)
It’s so hot your skin can fry and bake
‘Round here, summer starts in April
And sometimes lasts past September
Why did I move to this place?
Dang it, I wish I could remember
But once the season changes
And the sun has a new position
Something magical happens
I begin to have a sunnier disposition
The cool breeze brings bright memories
Of my college years, of freshman days
When youth and opportunity seemed endless
When...
#summer
#fall
#memories #aging
#memories #aging
389 reads
7 Comments
Ahavati
Tams
Tams
Poem Published
23rd Jun 2018 11:10pm
23rd Jun 2018 11:10pm
Acorn
Be patient in opening
for 'Nature's first green'
Acorn, your golden root
twisting invisibly underfoot;
Herald death instead: summer --
its scorched scarecrow shriveled
reigning rows of cracked sod
under abandoned nests of crow
Welcomed by autumn's bijou;
true citrine, ruby-fired blue
shedding her legacy of skin
to bury your amber hull
Pray for that frozen grave
overlooked by foraging squirrels;
sleep until the frigid thaw
severs winter's umbilical cord
For to survive time as...
for 'Nature's first green'
Acorn, your golden root
twisting invisibly underfoot;
Herald death instead: summer --
its scorched scarecrow shriveled
reigning rows of cracked sod
under abandoned nests of crow
Welcomed by autumn's bijou;
true citrine, ruby-fired blue
shedding her legacy of skin
to bury your amber hull
Pray for that frozen grave
overlooked by foraging squirrels;
sleep until the frigid thaw
severs winter's umbilical cord
For to survive time as...
#trees
#summer
#winter
#fall
#spring
1140 reads
10 Comments
crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
8th Dec 2022 3:09pm
8th Dec 2022 3:09pm
green
I'm hurting in the green of you
tears sting my face
an upturned daisy seeking the sun
clouds shadow from your gaze
my petals turn inward from the cold
I seek comfort where I can
to die at winter's hands
cruel fate
my soul glazed over at the chill
the winds bellow
I saw you on the horizon
I turned away
I followed the sun, instead
where green is still beautiful
tears sting my face
an upturned daisy seeking the sun
clouds shadow from your gaze
my petals turn inward from the cold
I seek comfort where I can
to die at winter's hands
cruel fate
my soul glazed over at the chill
the winds bellow
I saw you on the horizon
I turned away
I followed the sun, instead
where green is still beautiful
#love
#summer
#winter #metaphor
#winter #metaphor
374 reads
2 Comments
WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
25th Jun 2024 6:18pm
25th Jun 2024 6:18pm
shimmering wingbeats
summer is a wildly adventurous lady
skirts a'whirl & hair flying
she kicks up her heels with abandon
chasing butterflies & love
with a net of diaphanous allure
nights spent frolicking on the shore
while bonfires & fireflies cast a romantic glow
lighting longing in unsuspecting hearts
as lightning bugs dance above the grass
flickering little strobe lights in the dark
& her flesh tingles in the blazing sun
burnished by flushes of heated thought
caressed by warmth & afire in the night
wholly vibrant & alive ...
skirts a'whirl & hair flying
she kicks up her heels with abandon
chasing butterflies & love
with a net of diaphanous allure
nights spent frolicking on the shore
while bonfires & fireflies cast a romantic glow
lighting longing in unsuspecting hearts
as lightning bugs dance above the grass
flickering little strobe lights in the dark
& her flesh tingles in the blazing sun
burnished by flushes of heated thought
caressed by warmth & afire in the night
wholly vibrant & alive ...
#beauty
#hope
#love #summer
#love #summer
199 reads
10 Comments
Solomon_Song
Poem Published
23rd Dec 2024 7:55am
23rd Dec 2024 7:55am
PAIR EMBRACING (RHYMING CAPTION TO EGON SCHIELE PAINTING)
Pair embracing
after chasing
each other round
the sun parched ground.
Clothes forsaking
for love-making,
consummating
their rare outing.
Their bodies bare,
her untied hair
from head pools round
upon the ground.
The crumpling sheet
that was their seat
for picnicking
forms their bedding.
Her hair-lined groove
invites his move
to plunge within,
deeper than skin.
after chasing
each other round
the sun parched ground.
Clothes forsaking
for love-making,
consummating
their rare outing.
Their bodies bare,
her untied hair
from head pools round
upon the ground.
The crumpling sheet
that was their seat
for picnicking
forms their bedding.
Her hair-lined groove
invites his move
to plunge within,
deeper than skin.
#passion
#sex
#summer
210 reads
3 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
21st Sep 2024 10:53pm
21st Sep 2024 10:53pm
Goodbye Summer
She tested us
Every way she could
Burned us to the ground
Sweat, humidity and frowns
That damn sun
Relentless
Long evenings
Moon lit calls
Walking with you
Sweet summer
Margaritas by the seaside
Lust in the air
No cares
Too hot
Too much rain
Too much traffic
Too much
It goes fast
Somewhere in August
Knowing this will end soon
Labor Day
Last call
We love summer
Hate the heat
Complaints
Melancholy has a way
Autumn on the horizon
Damn pumpkin...
Every way she could
Burned us to the ground
Sweat, humidity and frowns
That damn sun
Relentless
Long evenings
Moon lit calls
Walking with you
Sweet summer
Margaritas by the seaside
Lust in the air
No cares
Too hot
Too much rain
Too much traffic
Too much
It goes fast
Somewhere in August
Knowing this will end soon
Labor Day
Last call
We love summer
Hate the heat
Complaints
Melancholy has a way
Autumn on the horizon
Damn pumpkin...
#emotional
#fall
#LifeAsAWriter
#summer
#TruthOfLife
244 reads
33 Comments
summultima
uma
uma
Poem Published
2nd May 2021 8:20pm
2nd May 2021 8:20pm
[four bullet sho(r)ts of…] ~blackskies & blooddawn
1.
decay b(l)oom
silent choking
choreography
stage~spreads
in horrific strides
of fluorescing radii
with sudden strange
fruity~ floral incense
amid thick death stinks
& that this thursday’s
thirsting black rainfall
falls down venomous
arrowed in stains over
wrinkle ripen await skins
tattoos fate yet again
..& deep humors cry out
to ditched out leachates
-a wasted finality succulence
amid sound gamble of tears
...
decay b(l)oom
silent choking
choreography
stage~spreads
in horrific strides
of fluorescing radii
with sudden strange
fruity~ floral incense
amid thick death stinks
& that this thursday’s
thirsting black rainfall
falls down venomous
arrowed in stains over
wrinkle ripen await skins
tattoos fate yet again
..& deep humors cry out
to ditched out leachates
-a wasted finality succulence
amid sound gamble of tears
...
#love
#summer
#peace
#spiritual
#pandemic
485 reads
PAR
Poem Published
15th Mar 2024 2:36pm
15th Mar 2024 2:36pm
No compositions by Vivaldi
I was born in the twilight of centuries,
when the sun, tired from its journey,
sinks into the golden horizon
and the moon emerges shy and silvery.
O nature, wise and ancient,
you owe me the sighs of the trees,
and the murmur of the dancing brook.
The scents of wild flowers.
You owe me the whisper of the wind
that caresses the leaves and hair.
And the embrace of the ground, firm and welcoming,
that supports my uncertain steps.
You owe me the birdsong,
echoing valleys and mountains
and the silence of the...
when the sun, tired from its journey,
sinks into the golden horizon
and the moon emerges shy and silvery.
O nature, wise and ancient,
you owe me the sighs of the trees,
and the murmur of the dancing brook.
The scents of wild flowers.
You owe me the whisper of the wind
that caresses the leaves and hair.
And the embrace of the ground, firm and welcoming,
that supports my uncertain steps.
You owe me the birdsong,
echoing valleys and mountains
and the silence of the...
#summer
#winter
#fall
#spring
#music
190 reads
4 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
19th Sep 2024 8:29am
19th Sep 2024 8:29am
Artemis Beckons
I heard the children of the night
in coyote lunar tribute
under the stars that love to shoot
final salutes on their last flight.
And geese as well cried through the beams
that lit the skies wherein they flew
which by my soul were midnight blue
just as they are in all my dreams.
But truth be told the crickets were
the ones who owned the skies the most
and probably from coast to coast
in concert insect crazy stir...
to soothe the feral human heart,
far more... than sapience...
in coyote lunar tribute
under the stars that love to shoot
final salutes on their last flight.
And geese as well cried through the beams
that lit the skies wherein they flew
which by my soul were midnight blue
just as they are in all my dreams.
But truth be told the crickets were
the ones who owned the skies the most
and probably from coast to coast
in concert insect crazy stir...
to soothe the feral human heart,
far more... than sapience...
#moon
#night
#summer
152 reads
11 Comments
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