Summer loving
Happens so fast
Tastes of cider,
Barbecue and
Strawberries;
Feels like sunshine
Warm upon my winter skin;
Smells of cut grass
Roses and vanilla,
Sends a skylark
Soaring through the
Atmosphere,
Lights me up
Like ligntning
In a summer storm.
Summer loving
Happens so slow,
Apples ripen
Through the summer days;
Summer evenings
Drift towards the twilight,
Maybe there’s music
Floating on the breeze;
Lights me up
Like sunset
Lights the ocean.
Walt at Dverse asked us to borrow a line from another poet and write a summer poem. I kind of cheated. It’s not really a line from a poem – but I’m sure you’ve all seen Grease…
I need to credit Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey who wrote that original iconic song. Summer Lovin’ indeed.
Sarah writes poems 
LOL! We tossed around lyrics at our house, too! I secretly wanted to write about my incurrable summertime blues… The contrast between the two stanzas is sweet and so very true. I really enjoyed the pairing of roses and vanilla. Some are loving this poem, and I am one! (Pardon the pun – couldn’t resist.)
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Love that pun! 😊
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Certainly, but as I had told Kathy Reed, I consider composers to be musical poets. So a song lyric would work, but would still need to be accredited to the writer(s), Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Nice take on the prompt and parody of the original, Sarah.
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Thank you for letting me know who to credit. Did you know that, or did you look it up (like I should have)?
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I certainly did look it up. Never want to add “Know-it-all” to my titles! 😀
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Now I feel even worse! Don’t bother opening the door, I’ll just crawl under…😔😉
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I love how you used the music of Grease as a muse. Excellent poem and makes me smile deeply. Don’t forget to come back and credit the writers.
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I really like how you zoomed in on all the sensory experiences of summer. Delightful, Sarah.
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I can taste those apples… mmm
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It was a long time since I heard it last, but for sure that’s a great inspiration… (I have often used lyrics to inspire my poems.. though more often metal or grunge)…
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I love the “slow” stanza especially, the ripening apples and long twilight evenings…So evocative with your smells and touches.
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i want to hand jive
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Songs are just poetry set to music, so I don’t think you cheated at all. I love this, especially “Feels like sunshine / Warm upon my winter skin;” I love summer and you’ve captured it well.
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I could recall the song easily, the beat unmistakeable….fine job bringing it back with your words!
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Funnily enough, I didn’t really think about the beat at all when I was writing it (in my head in the vegetable patch), obviously even catchier than I thought.
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