Summer by Top Critiquers Poems
#summer
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
19th Sep 2024 7:29am
19th Sep 2024 7:29am
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
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11 Comments
InDreamz
Poem Published
4th Apr 2025 5:51pm
4th Apr 2025 5:51pm
The Coronation
a caravan of stars
lit up the sky,
placid blue heavens
veiled with soft moon sighs...
the June midnight
seemed a jubilant celebration,
for the dark enchantress-
the mysterious night...
a coronation by the cosmos
for the black beauty
to be the queen of earth
so she could grow in her supremacy;
with each passing day
the night would be longer to stay...
those shimmering stellar gypsies
in hues of gold, red and blue
dazzling the ether
with their joyous laughter,...
lit up the sky,
placid blue heavens
veiled with soft moon sighs...
the June midnight
seemed a jubilant celebration,
for the dark enchantress-
the mysterious night...
a coronation by the cosmos
for the black beauty
to be the queen of earth
so she could grow in her supremacy;
with each passing day
the night would be longer to stay...
those shimmering stellar gypsies
in hues of gold, red and blue
dazzling the ether
with their joyous laughter,...
#moon
#night
#stars
#summer
#universe
91 reads
6 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
22nd Jan 2016 1:49am
22nd Jan 2016 1:49am
Sunsoaked
Tag-along girls on a man’s day of leisure
Never seemed strange at the time
We relished the freedom of a day in the sun
Running, long grass whipping our legs
and mud in our toes
Your Dad’s airplanes whizzing above in the clear air
competing with the sound of cicadas
The river was wide and ours to explore
In retrospect I think
your Mom must have enjoyed the quiet we left her with
The opportunity to brace herself
for all the frogs we would bring home
Never seemed strange at the time
We relished the freedom of a day in the sun
Running, long grass whipping our legs
and mud in our toes
Your Dad’s airplanes whizzing above in the clear air
competing with the sound of cicadas
The river was wide and ours to explore
In retrospect I think
your Mom must have enjoyed the quiet we left her with
The opportunity to brace herself
for all the frogs we would bring home
#BestFriend
#summer
827 reads
11 Comments
Styxian
Poem Published
5th Sep 2024 11:58pm
5th Sep 2024 11:58pm
Visions Of September
It is the Autumn, of your eyes
I see them clear, I know them wise...
On Spring's green hill, we danced amongst pine
sprouting up and about, in pure sunshine
We spun our arms, we held on fast
impatient feet slipping, on dew-dipped grass
We fell together, two lovers too young
to love anything more, than having fun
We chewed on weeds and stared at the sky
layed amongst creatures too small to try
To see for themselves what all we've seen
a sun that wakens us, to the awe of Spring
...
I see them clear, I know them wise...
On Spring's green hill, we danced amongst pine
sprouting up and about, in pure sunshine
We spun our arms, we held on fast
impatient feet slipping, on dew-dipped grass
We fell together, two lovers too young
to love anything more, than having fun
We chewed on weeds and stared at the sky
layed amongst creatures too small to try
To see for themselves what all we've seen
a sun that wakens us, to the awe of Spring
...
#fall
#spring
#summer #winter
#summer #winter
331 reads
Pinkdreams
Poem Published
1st Aug 2023 4:31pm
1st Aug 2023 4:31pm
Skechers for Scorpions
Yesterday, I almost stepped on a scorpion.
In sandals.
I wore the sandals,
not the scorpion
But perhaps I wasn't alone.
For had I stopped to observe very, very carefully,
there is the slightest possibility
that I might have seen
eight tiny stylish summer shoes.
In sandals.
I wore the sandals,
not the scorpion
But perhaps I wasn't alone.
For had I stopped to observe very, very carefully,
there is the slightest possibility
that I might have seen
eight tiny stylish summer shoes.
#animals
#summer
#funny #MyInspiration
#funny #MyInspiration
347 reads
6 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
2nd Sep 2024 11:50pm
2nd Sep 2024 11:50pm
cool
summer was cooler this year,
and I don’t mean that in
a kid’s way of talking, but it wasn’t
particularly warm
and I don’t mean that in
a kid’s way of talking, but it wasn’t
particularly warm
#summer
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1 Comment
AverageJoe
Poem Published
18th Jul 2023 11:07pm
18th Jul 2023 11:07pm
Same As Last Year
The green yella's in the heat
Wilts
Leaves droop in the swelter
The shade's hot
The sunlight's hotter
Not enough breeze
To even stir the leaves
It's said, "Only mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the heat of the midday sun"
Southerners take the beat down too
Dog days
Red necks
And farmer's tans
The black top sizzles
Red clay dust
Powders washed out gray asphalt
Need rain
Temps dancing near 100 for days
Say it might drop to 88
And give us a break ...
Wilts
Leaves droop in the swelter
The shade's hot
The sunlight's hotter
Not enough breeze
To even stir the leaves
It's said, "Only mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the heat of the midday sun"
Southerners take the beat down too
Dog days
Red necks
And farmer's tans
The black top sizzles
Red clay dust
Powders washed out gray asphalt
Need rain
Temps dancing near 100 for days
Say it might drop to 88
And give us a break ...
#summer
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2 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
7th Jun 2024 2:44am
7th Jun 2024 2:44am
Stepping Into Cinderella’s Slippers (Summer)
Infusing the need in me to want to explore, to conquer
You taste the purest essence of me
I palate your wants, covet your desires, feather stroke your yearns
Inscribe your lust found deep in the core of me
Oh God…it’s so sensual
Two butterflies’ dancing within the midst of the wind
Giving life anew of unified hearts, joyous of self, its rebirth
Love sailing upon a soft breeze
Enlightening souls seeking beautiful whispers in the dark
Breath to breath
Searching for the essential of his intellect
Beautiful minds spiraling ...
You taste the purest essence of me
I palate your wants, covet your desires, feather stroke your yearns
Inscribe your lust found deep in the core of me
Oh God…it’s so sensual
Two butterflies’ dancing within the midst of the wind
Giving life anew of unified hearts, joyous of self, its rebirth
Love sailing upon a soft breeze
Enlightening souls seeking beautiful whispers in the dark
Breath to breath
Searching for the essential of his intellect
Beautiful minds spiraling ...
#love
#sensual
#flowers
#seductive
#summer
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12 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
6th Nov 2023 10:25pm
6th Nov 2023 10:25pm
that time of year again
My skin drips with humid misery
parched earth beneath my feet
with the sunburnt remnants of grass
that can't survive under a summer sun
Summer feels like I'm dying
a documentable deja vu
to years long past
where my brain chemistry
was just as fried as the earth
I want to wake up early
before the world starts
so I can feel the predawn chill
of life before it's evaporated
into a merciless atmosphere
Instead I sleep in
under a cloud of depression
and disappointment
that I couldn't...
parched earth beneath my feet
with the sunburnt remnants of grass
that can't survive under a summer sun
Summer feels like I'm dying
a documentable deja vu
to years long past
where my brain chemistry
was just as fried as the earth
I want to wake up early
before the world starts
so I can feel the predawn chill
of life before it's evaporated
into a merciless atmosphere
Instead I sleep in
under a cloud of depression
and disappointment
that I couldn't...
#depression
#summer
#apathy #boredom
#apathy #boredom
227 reads
6 Comments
JusTim_
Poem Published
12th Sep 2019 4:47pm
12th Sep 2019 4:47pm
Daylight
We took the edge off
one last time
dropping further over
just so we could see
flowers highlighted her tangled up hair
scents of summer surrounded the air
naked, we, for a moment were set free
not giving but one bit of care
daisies danced around in the sunlight
we rolled and romanced under the trees
the highs, euphoric, withholding inhibition
we, one inside, with the breeze
love permeated through the dampness
music mellowed out in peace
righteousness, exploded in tune
daylight savoured,
it too...
one last time
dropping further over
just so we could see
flowers highlighted her tangled up hair
scents of summer surrounded the air
naked, we, for a moment were set free
not giving but one bit of care
daisies danced around in the sunlight
we rolled and romanced under the trees
the highs, euphoric, withholding inhibition
we, one inside, with the breeze
love permeated through the dampness
music mellowed out in peace
righteousness, exploded in tune
daylight savoured,
it too...
#summer
#nature
566 reads
8 Comments
Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Poem Published
9th Apr 2025 11:54am
9th Apr 2025 11:54am
Wide-eyed no Blinking
09/30
Wide-eyed no Blinking
I believe it was my very first summer
Summer camp to be exact
Meteor Ranch, in Upper Lake,
California
Little to no light pollution
That first night the sky was so dark
The stars seemed Brighter
than the ones in the city
I think this magic moment
also, my first
Shooting star!
I held my breath,
Made a wish
And then saw another white streak
WOW!
My wish kind of came true
I got to return every summer
but as staff
...
Wide-eyed no Blinking
I believe it was my very first summer
Summer camp to be exact
Meteor Ranch, in Upper Lake,
California
Little to no light pollution
That first night the sky was so dark
The stars seemed Brighter
than the ones in the city
I think this magic moment
also, my first
Shooting star!
I held my breath,
Made a wish
And then saw another white streak
WOW!
My wish kind of came true
I got to return every summer
but as staff
...
#memories
#stars
#summer
45 reads
2 Comments
buddhakitty
Poem Published
15th Sep 2020 11:52am
15th Sep 2020 11:52am
it reminds me of someone
every spring,
veins slowly
crawl up my
back fence,
find rest at the
top,
then lazily drape
over the other side
in the summer's
yellow, garish
heat:
seeing nothing,
feeling nothing,
knowing nothing.
Mary Surratt
in
green.
veins slowly
crawl up my
back fence,
find rest at the
top,
then lazily drape
over the other side
in the summer's
yellow, garish
heat:
seeing nothing,
feeling nothing,
knowing nothing.
Mary Surratt
in
green.
#summer
#spring
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12 Comments
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