Summer {An original poem}

in #poetry8 years ago (edited)

Summer

She is stricken, the lusty maiden,
Yet scant symptoms:
A hint of shadow beneath bright eyes,
A subtly deflated stride.

By her labour we feast:
Fruit, grain, roast and wine.
Fattening as she fades;
Revelling in her name and
Drunkenly denying her inevitable demise.

Too soon must we mourn:
Sorrow in lengthening shadows
And in goose-bumped arms and
In leaves driven down by the wind and the rain;
Yet occasional solace, we find,
In the golden crisp of a clear autumn day.

Now we plod our drizzly, muddy boot way
With her spark smouldering warm in our hearts:
Thoughts of her bouncing locks and twirling laugh.
A vision to push back dark, low clouds
That creep and threaten to smother.

For she always returns, like a spell,
Our lusty maiden.



This allegorical poem about summer was inspired by Still I shudder by @ericvancewalton. His poem made me smile, because he mentions his beagle and they are one of my favourite dog breeds.

Fridge-raiding beagle

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This was an absolutely beautiful poem. Thank you for the good morning read

Thanks for your lovely comment.

Wow, that's awesome; really beautiful style; the lusty maiden definitely made me smile :-)

I'm off to check out more of your work now!

Cg

Thanks, that means a lot.

wow am blown away. awesomeness.

Nature isn't usually my thing-my poetry is generally moody like yours! I just read all your poems btw and am very impressed. Definitely join steemprentice!!!

K. Wow thanks for reading. I followed you. So will get your poems in my feed. Will join steemprentice too. :)

OOOOH very nice!!!! <3 eric too! :D

Seems we've both hit poetic clover today with our images and words! WOW!! 10/10 for us both! https://steemit.com/poetry/@mindhunter/this-orb-of-wonder-original-poem-mindhunter

I already voted you up and stuck you in Curie-great fusion ;)
And I get $3 finder's fee!

I did tinker with a few of the lines of the poem for a few hours - I do tend to do that. Thanks for all your turbo boosts!! :))))

That is a decent poem. Good to see he's improving and not resting on his laurels but I'd still like to see something emotional and real from him, that I really want to vote for.

Just looking at his picture I can feel the energies of pent-up emotional constipation. AGREED @cathi-xx

You reesteemed, I'm very flattered thank you.

You're welcome. How did you find out?

I went to your page to follow.

Thank you that is very kind. Only follow if you like it though:)

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