Sun tanned sand and summer tide seas
Umbrellas for shade or those short, sharp showers
Magicking petrichor, fostering garden greens and floral
Mimicry of Eden.  I remember slow ripening hours
Everlasting heat till the plump corn harvesters
Reeled in time and broke the spell

37 thoughts on “Spellbound for a while”

1. Love the alliteration and such in this poem of yours, Laura. Especially these lines: “Magicking petrichor, fostering the green and floral
   Mimicry of Eden. I remember slow ripening hours
   Everlasting”

   Magical indeed.🪄

   1. alliteration is never that deliberate so thank you for your appreciation Melissa

2. I particularly love “slow ripening hours.” YES.

   1. thank you De and for the prompt

3. I love the title and your acrostic-quadrille, Laura, with which I totally identify. The lines stand out for me:

   ‘…I remember slow ripening hours
   Everlasting heat till the plump corn harvesters
   Reeled in time and broke the spell’.

   They’ve already started round here.

   1. yes its an odd summer – ahead of itself yet behind on summeriness!

4. Love the acrostic of summer Laura. Specially the magicking petrichor, whew! Bring in the summertide seas and sudden showers.

   1. thank you Grace – petrichor always smells like magic

5. I was so lost in the words I didn’t notice the acrostic!😆

   1. that is the best compliment Melissa x

6. All beautifully done, even with the innocuous Eden, until that last line…..THAT last line……………….what a finish…stunning.

   1. many thanks Ain – it captures that end of summer pain

7. It does seem to end suddenly, doesn’t it? Every year. (K)

   1. yes but only after a long stretch that is summer especially as I remember from childhood

      1. Childhood summers were deliciously long. Time has little meaning to me these days. But summer still ends suddenly and winter drags on and on.

8. “Magicking petrichor, fostering the green and floral” Petrichor is one of my favorite scents. Gorgeous acrostic.

   1. mine too – hence the magic verb – thank you for your very kind words

9. Magicking petrichor, I love that, so beautiful in the air! Great acrostic poem for summer.

   1. thank you – summer has its smells too

10. Nice one

    much♡love

    1. ❤ Gillena

11. What a wonderful acrostic, Laura and so quintessentially British, if I may say so!

    1. thank you and yes you may say so – proud to be British, even now, even if our summers are often disappointing!

       1. Definitely to be proud of! Whatever little you have of summer, it is beautiful.

          You are welcome.

12. Like sticking your head out the car window in the Summer wind.

    1. definitely as I dislike aircon

13. I especially love the ending with “ripening hours” and “reeled in time and broke the spell”.

    1. thank you – its that jerk back that autumn brings

14. A cleverly disguised acrostic for summer, Laura—with the most spellbinding lines for me being “fostering garden greens and floral / Mimicry of Eden.” May the “slow ripening hours” yield a wonderful autumn harvest (the latter being my personal favorite time of year) 😉

    1. thank you for your very kind feedback – I try to enjoy the autumns – mellow as Keats’ Ode but 😦

15. Clever acrostic, wonderful imagery.

    1. many thanks – I find acrostics useful in getting the poetry ball rolling

16. Magic summer, wait for so long and it takes it time coming, then the spell breaks – summers used to seem to last so much longer …

    1. indeed – it’s an age thing!

17. 😊👍that’s true!

18. … till the plump corn harvesters
    Reeled in time and broke the spell

    I love this, Laura ❤

    ~David

    1. thank you David ❤

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