Nearly high noon of summer here in the northern hemisphere.
What they won't say anymore, or ask, is what happened to birdsong?
Maybe it's only here in concrete southern California - maybe where you are, there are more than crow squawks and gull cries and the occasional dove coo at dusk.
For this edition of get listed, see if you can bring the sounds of summer to the page - something missing, or maybe something just waiting to get noticed again.
As always, please post an original poem to your blog, link that pen to Mr. Linky, then visit back to read and comment on the other poems as the days go by. The prompt will remain open.
Please use at least 3 of these words (or reasonable variants):
heat, bird, easy, fling, pass, sweat, corn, float, ice cream (that's considered one), bright, cricket, dusk
(Song rights belong to respective publishers. No infringement intended - non-commercial use.)
Coincidentally, I was watching the birds in the tree outside my window this morning...
ReplyDeletei get all the berries of summer, and the birds can just keep circling;)
ReplyDeleteYum.
ReplyDeletelove Get Listed
ReplyDeleteps--love Talking Bird, too! I had never heard it.
ReplyDeleteGreat topic, Michael. For me, childhood is always summer at my Grandma's. I spent every summer with her. I was so lucky to have her.
ReplyDeleteJust the other day I reflected on how the birds cease to sing at this time in summer.
ReplyDeleteGreat challenge... Mine is a bit melancholy, but that is where my muse took me.
ReplyDeleteHitting those Likes and G+1s is another way of showing our support.
ReplyDeleteThank you. grapeling
I am posting for the first time on Real Toads.
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely to see you all here and I so enjoyed the music!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the nudge, M.
ReplyDeleteVery cool post. Don't know if I can come up with something but it's always a pleasure to see your posts and poems! k.
ReplyDeletewonderful prompt - lots to consider in this pool of images and ideas - cheers! and thanks :)
ReplyDeleteplaying late - but just got back from a mini-get-away. :)
ReplyDeleteLovely theme and appropriate. As i load up the van with drums to head off on the road and into the festival season my thoughts have been turning to summer. I'll be gone from internet world a while but will dip in when I can and i'll be around to do my hosting bit end of the month.Happy Summer y'all.
ReplyDeleteThanks all. I'm working crazy hours at the moment but will visit everyone quite soon. ~ M
ReplyDeleteThe prompt was a challenge, but everyone seemed to take that challenge to great heights! Each writing was so beautiful!!!
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