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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/1028167-Summer-in-New-England
Rated: E · Book · Entertainment · #2268464
Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present .
#1028167 added March 4, 2022 at 10:12am
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Summer in New England
Summer in New England

Oh yes, the summer sun in furnace counterpoint
With clouddark storm lashing the humid earth,
Moves on to hold the world in steaming servitude,
Spreads the sticky sweat, cloying, in armpit and crotch,
Mocks the nightly rumpled sheets of our unrest,
Denies the daily dream of heat in darkness dissipated
Bows only to the fiery hues of autumn, promising
The balm of winter’s snows upon our shrivelled selves.



Liner count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 08.22.21, Shadows & Light Poetry Contest, 08.31.21
Prompt: Summer and sun!

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