summer will not leave

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    summer will not leave

     summer will not leave
    in a dazzling burst
    nor disappear with the last bell
    of the ice cream truck
     
    it will drip slowly away
    like a soft serve cone
    floating on red, green, yellow balloons
    at country harvest fairs
     
    it will still sparkle on frog ponds
    singing at sunset
    and whisper through warm pines
    following the osprey home
     
    and when the pumpkin gives
    its crooked tooth smile
    it will be the August sun
    that twinkles in its eye

                                                       © Chuck Beals

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    crhymethinc commented on summer will not leave

    08-08-2013

    Nice imagery and word play here. The idea of summer slowly dripping away gives it an interesting perspective.
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    gmcookie commented on summer will not leave

    03-02-2011

    See! There is talent left here in OP after all! A great write, my friend. Kudos to you.
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    Teardrops commented on summer will not leave

    01-16-2011

    Love autumn and this poem full of colors and the sound of fall thanks for a great read Marie
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    BlueHeron

    01/16/2011

    thank you...I live in Maine and letting go of summer is a challenge

    Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

    Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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