Image: Cola float (here)
11 of 12 given words:
heat, bird fling bright easy cricket
dusk ice cream pass float sweat
the heat of summer dulls the initiative
but birds are ever-present singing in unison
having a fling, bright and easy with relief
about the only sounds sustaining so brazen
a lone cricket may well get into the act
its melodious rebuke right through the dusk
insisting on shrill cries where others dread
with no other significant sounds that last
perhaps sounds of slurping ice-cream
more apparent to quench parched lips
to pass off better with floats at the brim
with sweat at the brow in between sips
For grapeling's at Real Toad's - get listed
heat, bird fling bright easy cricket
dusk ice cream pass float sweat
the heat of summer dulls the initiative
but birds are ever-present singing in unison
having a fling, bright and easy with relief
about the only sounds sustaining so brazen
a lone cricket may well get into the act
its melodious rebuke right through the dusk
insisting on shrill cries where others dread
with no other significant sounds that last
perhaps sounds of slurping ice-cream
more apparent to quench parched lips
to pass off better with floats at the brim
with sweat at the brow in between sips
For grapeling's at Real Toad's - get listed
Birds, crickets and coke floats. I haven't had a coke float in years. I think I need one
ReplyDeleteAh, you made the sounds and tastes of summer come alive.
ReplyDeleteI think that ice-cream is a perfect cure.
ReplyDeleteIce cream is perfect for summer.
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I really like the third stanza about the cricket - and an ice cream float is always welcome.
ReplyDeleteCoke floats!? Are you bribing me to say this is a goof poem?
ReplyDeleteOK, you win.
insisting on shrill cries where others dread
ReplyDeleteto me, this captures the intensity and persistence of crickets - and in this piece, it sings to me of heat - absolute stifling heat - love the placement in the poem -
I enjoyed the read Hank albeit late, it has been very hot here, your verse says it all.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
Dulls the initiative yet fires the performance.
ReplyDeleteSure can work to help beat the heat
ReplyDeleteIce cream for a summer dulled initiative...perfect choice
ReplyDeleteyou stated it so well that I can just add a lazy: "Agreed"
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