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Reminiscent Summertime

Thank you for taking time to read my poem. I appreciate all of you who come here to read and comment.

First, I would like to thank Christine and David. Christine, thank you for the nomination to be PoW. David, thank you for your time and effort in organizing and bringing us the W3 poetry prompts each week.

This is a first for me (pun intended) 😊. Hosting a poetry prompt, I am humbled. I hope you all enjoy and I am excited to read the responses. Have fun creating!

Reminiscent Summertime

An echo poem

It all began with a glance
glance
A quick look that had me in a trance 
trance
Butterflies in my stomach do a dance
dance
Not like the two-step but the Harlem shake
shake

My first adolescent crush
crush
Had my face all flushed
flushed
Suddenly cheeks turn beet red like blush
blush
Ah this puppy love, what a rush
rush

Holding hands at summer camp 
camp
Eyes light up bright, like a lamp 
lamp
Sweat beads on my forehead, damp
damp
Oh, I wonder if he thinks I’m a tramp
tramp

Only one thing is for sure
sure
Summer camp is nothing but pure
pure
Hot fun in the lush green land
land
One must experience it to understand
understand?

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28 replies on “Reminiscent Summertime”

O’Nika, this made me smile. “Butterflies in my stomach do a dance / not like the two-step but the Harlem shake” captures that giddy first-crush energy to me. Thanks for your prompt! <3

Much love,
David

Elizabeth, yes, I agree it was fun to write. I struggled with it but still enjoyed it. Thank you so much for the kind words. 🙏🏽😊

What a fun poem! And no mention of the bad food, the tipped canoe, or archery- a first in summer camp poems.
Thank you for the prompt; as said above, there’s enough leeway to find one’s own way with it.

D. Avery, thank you so much! I enjoyed camp and you are so right about the bad food. I also remember the archery 😀 I enjoyed coming up with the prompt, I did struggle with it for a little while. 🙏🏽💛

I really enjoyed this prompt! I had to really read a few different examples to get into the “vibe” and I saw that there are a few ways to do the Echo poem, which is nice to have that little bit of leeway. Your poem is really good! I agree with you about the summer camp! I remember them all so clearly because they were so fantastic!

Christine, I’m right there with you. I read a few examples and that’s why I picked the echo. You can play around with it and have fun! Thank you for the kind words. I struggled a little trying to come up with an idea for the prompt. 🙏 As a child, I loved going to camp. It was a great time. 😊,

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