{"id":2119,"date":"2018-05-29T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2018-05-07T17:14:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T21:14:03","slug":"poetry-for-a-summery-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/blog\/2018\/05\/29\/poetry-for-a-summery-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry for a Summery Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2179\" src=\"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pennandpaper-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pennandpaper-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pennandpaper-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pennandpaper.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pennandpaper-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pennandpaper-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pennandpaper-450x299.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Here are a few summer poems by teens I found online. Enjoy a young perspective.<\/p>\n<h4>As Time Passes Me By\u00a0 \u00a9 Alice G.\u00a0 Published: June 2014<\/h4>\n<p>The butterflies are floating through the air.<br \/>\nThe grass is green,<br \/>\nand the trees are tall.<br \/>\nAs the wind whistles through my hair,<br \/>\nI let life pass me by.<br \/>\nAs time ticks and the clock goes by,<br \/>\nthe flowers grow taller as life passes me by.<br \/>\nAnd I dream of floating right on by.<br \/>\nBut now it&#8217;s time to stop dreaming,<br \/>\nand wake up to a hot summer day.<\/p>\n<h4>Bliss Of Summer\u00a0 \u00a9 Judith Chiorazzi\u00a0 Published: June 1, 2017<\/h4>\n<p>I am privy to the sweetness<br \/>\nOf endless summer days,<br \/>\nLittle girls with bouncing ponytails<br \/>\nEnjoying life in many ways.<\/p>\n<p>Verdant trees with lush green branches<br \/>\nSeem to shimmer with delight,<br \/>\nWhile wild bird song opens us<br \/>\nTo joy so very bright.<\/p>\n<p>Pity the soul who does not see<br \/>\nHow summertime is made for glee.<br \/>\nThe steady hum of cricket song<br \/>\nComforts the poor heart<br \/>\nAll night long.<\/p>\n<h4>The Taste Of Summer\u00a0 \u00a9 Chloe A. Abalaka\u00a0 Published: June 2016<\/h4>\n<p>A sweet slice of summer<br \/>\nOn a hot afternoon:<br \/>\nA day at the beach,<br \/>\nEating a delicious peach.<br \/>\nAs you take a big old bite,<br \/>\nYou feel the juice begin to run.<br \/>\nThis is summertime fun.<\/p>\n<h4>Summer Midnight\u00a0 \u00a9 Sazaria Quarles\u00a0 Published: June 2015<\/h4>\n<p>Warm midnight falling.<br \/>\nStars shining, dancing brightly.<br \/>\nPeaceful all at once.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Untitled\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a9 Raheim Robinson\u00a0 age 16\u00a0 Published: May 2015<\/p>\n<p>Longer days and shorter nights,<br \/>\nDarker shades and brighter lights.<br \/>\nLouder music and wilder friends,<br \/>\nNo need for pencils, no need for pens!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Remember:<\/p>\n<p>Win a $20 VISA card. Write a review of <em>Tasman- An Innocent Convict&#8217;s Struggle for Freedom<\/em>. Post it on Amazon, Goodreads, and Facebook and be entered for a random drawing held quarterly in 2018. The next drawing: June 30th. Details on the door hangers and on www.tasman\/paddyeger.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few summer poems by teens I found online. Enjoy a young perspective. As Time Passes Me By\u00a0 \u00a9 Alice G.\u00a0 Published: June 2014 The butterflies are floating through the air. The grass is green, and the trees are tall. As the wind whistles through my hair, I let life pass me by. As time ticks and the clock goes by, the flowers grow taller as life passes me by. And I dream of floating right on by. But now it&#8217;s time to stop dreaming, and wake up to a hot summer day. Bliss Of Summer\u00a0 \u00a9 Judith&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,268],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","category-random-drawing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2191,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions\/2191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}