Summer Nights

Sonnet

The warmth of summer nights inside the mind

Lends soothing comfort, lifting humankind...

Replacing days of icy fingered hate

With gentle hands that rehabilitate.

No longer speaking words that so confined

That all who heard were left both deaf and blind

To any chance of learning or to find

Forgiveness for mistakes that isolate.

The warmth of summer nights inside the mind

Affords the opportunity to wind

The fragile strands of love that tightly bind

Our lonely souls together and create

A world in which our seasons celebrate.

Accepting without judging has defined

The warmth of summer nights inside the mind.

 

GKB

Reviews

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"Our lonely souls together and create
A world in which our seasons celebrate."

you wove together many ingeniously existential lines in this-
a very beautiful poem...
""A world in which our seasons celebrate.
Accepting without judging has defined
The warmth of summer nights inside the mind.""
~very beautifully written!

[Mauricio Montoya]

I can feel these words come the heart for which we must be true, love how it comes together, very strong massage here.
Excellent write.

[iamkim]

wow! what can i say? this is so wonderful! a very creative and impressive piece of writing! these are my favorites!:

"No longer speaking words that so confined
That all who heard were left both deaf and blind"

the soothing effect that you want to give to your readers is very good! Good job!

[Ravyne Hawke]

Beautiful poem.. love the imagery of summer and what it means to you.. awesome job!

[Coyote Poetry]

A beautiful poem. I like the strong statements and feel of summer in your words.
"That all who heard were left both deaf and blind
To any chance of learning or to find
Forgiveness for mistakes that isolate.
The warmth of summer nights inside the mind "
Thank you for the excellent poem.
Coyote

[Ashley]

the flow is great here and the repetition works wonderfully in the poem. i very much enjoyed reading this piece.

[Ben Taylor]

The repetition really gave this poem a nice feel.
Also, with phrases like
"Replacing days of icy fingered hate
With gentle hands that rehabilitate."
you really have really given these "summer nights inside the mind" a very warm, personal feel.
Nicely written :)

[Hello, Goodbye]

Great flow and proper control of the general direction.. the melodic structure made this a very pleasant read..

[Siddartha Beth Pierce]

Love the play on the warmth of summer and the soothing of the mind. Nice juxtaposition. Thank you - quite a succinct and lovely read.
Light,
Siddartha

[Murtuza]

This is really nice! I like it :)