The day’s just begun
And it’s a hot one
Step out with caution
An hour in the street
I’m already beat
Destined for exhaustion
Warmth first felt a blast
To winter’s cold past
But now no relief’s in sight
The summer heat rays
Cannicular Days*
That stifles most of the nights
Seeping from within
Crawling on my skin
Sweat leaving salt trails on me
Humidity’s bane
I pray for rain
Just for my own sanity
Yes, summer winds down
Seeing leaves turn brown
But from fall or this hot spell?
I live for the day
It all goes away
From these hot Dog Days of hell
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* Cannicular Days – Another term for the dog days of summer, coming from Canis – dog. The night skies proclaim dog days Orion’s dog – Canis Majoris, high in the sky with its brightest star being Sirius.
I learned a new (for me) poetry form! Welcome to the Alouette
The Alouette, created by Jan Turner, consists of two or more stanzas of 6 lines each, with the following set rules: Meter: 5, 5, 7, 5, 5, 7 Rhyme Scheme: a, a, b, c, c, b
At Tuesday’s Poetics Toni (Kanzensakura) challenged us to write about the infamous dog days of summer, which I missed posting by thismuch. But it’s now Open Link Night so I submit it here.
dVerse ~ Poets Pub | Poetics : Dog Days
dVerse ~ Poets Pub | Open Link Night : Week 153
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Very cool — I could hear music and beat as I read through this song. Playful heat — and I appreciated the footnote.
Thanks Sabio.
So glad you were able to link this here–such great work with the rhyme and the flow. My fear is that our ash tree turning brown has more to do with the drought than autumn. We already lost a gorgeous maple, even with extra watering.
Aye, it has been a hot dry summer, so sorry about the maple tree. I fear the glorious colors of autumn will be lacking this year, as we’ve had so little precip. Thanks.
I love the summer sun and don’t mind the heat, ha ~ A little bit of rain though cools down the hot afternoon and night ~ Thanks for joining in ~
Thanks Grace, I enjoy summer, just not these dog days of it * smiles *
I would love some heat.. the summer has been a huge disappointment so far.. I would love to try that form some day.. 🙂
Oh, I’d gladly send you some of our heat if I could Björn. The Alouette is a fun sprightly form. I think you’d have fun with it. Thanks.
I like the sense of yearning you instill here for greater fulfilment, even on a hot summer day – there is a truth here that I resonate with… Thank you With Best Wishes Scott http://www.scotthastie.com
Thank you. Scott.
I can feel the heat
Turns on the A/C. Thanks.
Even though here we are eager for summer, that does sound a bit much!
At first you welcome it, but then the dog days of it when all is listless, come and yeah you can do without it. Thanks Snaky.
So glad you submitted for OLN. I do that sometimes as well when I just miss the prompt. I too long for the dog days to end and for fall to begin. Nice fun form this is.
Thanks Toni, I’m glad I could at least get to post it close to your challenege. I was so miffed when I saw Mr. Linky had expired.
Well said. Captures TX summer perfectly!!!!
Have not experienced those stifling nights in many years…this takes me there!
Excellent use of both the Dog Days prompt and the aloutette form – I’d never heard of it before, but you make it sound mighty tempting!
I do love the flow in this poem! Powerful ending! 🙂
Always exciting to encounter a new form; perhaps it will appear one day on MTB, & we can all get a crack at it, Your dog day poetic is bang on, sweltering, crawling with humid flop sweat. So glad you decided to share on OLN.
Ah.. the Sirius Star.. is reALLy
Serious.. Sirius IS Just
inviTing challenge
for grace
under
heat..
wHere sweat
can be cooling
and welcome
reward
for
moving..
but oh
well..
my wife
does not
like THAT
pArt of
Nature
either.. but
i for one..
LOVE
THE Challenge
Of Grace OVER
HEAT iN PasSiOnLiFELiGHT..:)