A wonderful palmful of summer poems.
July is a rich time for poetry; a time for summer poems. We love the nostalgia of the heat, the summer camps, thunderstorms, the plenty of the farm, tanned legs, and even slugs. Here are a few of our favorite summer poems.
- Sharon Olds: “The Summer-Camp Bus Pulls Away from the Curb“
- Dana Gioia: “Summer Storm” (watch him read it here)
- Tony Hoagland: “Jet“
- Mark Strand: “My Mother on an Evening in Late Summer“
- Gary Soto: “A Red Palm“
It’s time to get writing. What are your favorite poems of the warmest season?
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Thank you for sharing! What are some of your favorites? I’d love to read them
Ah, thank you for the comment and interest. I will find them for you! — Melissa
I love Sharon Olds, I was able to see here recite live at my college in California. She is awesome.!
Sharon Olds and Dorianne Laux are two of my biggest influences. Thank you for commenting! I envy your listening/watching Olds read!
I could have wrote a poem about that. This small tiny framed women with long, straight hair, peppered black and grey read with a softly spoken tone. “The Solution” LOL! I will never forget that.
The Solution is a nice smack of reality about the passiveness of Americans and while Olds writes a tremendous amount of sex, she also writes pain with such exquisite frankness and innocence. I’ve been reading her ever since I received your comment and am now washed ashore, wrung out with grief, but needed to spend some time with her. Thank you.