Tiggerish Summer

Ahh...it is Thursday, and I am delighted to share this with you...it's still roughly sketched, but it holds my heart dear...Summer.  When my children were young, they drank rain and they put on their swimsuits and just played in it. These pictures always reminded me of Langston Hughes poem, "April Rain Song." 

I look at these and I see they capture their joy for this event, and Irelate it to my own enjoyment of sunshine.  With this in mind, I wrote about my dear friend, Summer.  This is my attempt at capturing the essence of it and the energy I feel.  Sometimes I have so much energy, my husband thinks I'm Tigger...so here's my word for Fiction Friday combined in a poem for Poetry Thursday.

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                                                  Tiggerish Summer

Summer vibrates its rhythms to my heart

The buzzes of its alarm

quakes me awake

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I drink a cup of its lovely radiance

And feel its electric flow from head to toe

I am Tiggerish for the day.

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I will run and not be weary.

I will sing and not be whining

For I am ALIVE!

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It is impossible to hold me down

For I know tomorrow promises me

Another cup

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Soon, my friend, I will miss you.

Comments

[leonie (chocolate covered musings)]

nice. makes me feel tiggerish too. *love* the photos!

[Tumblewords]

Quakes me awake - is a fine line! And there are others. I am enamored by your treehouse. And your lines.

[Clare]

Hi Marie! Your poem is filled with such wonderful magic and delight! And the line "I am Tiggerish for the day" triggers so many cozy and adventurous images for me -- it reminds me of Teddy Roosevelt (yes, T.R., full of adventure and energy and enthusiasm), Winnie the Pooh, whimsy, innocence, curiousity, and The Wizard of Oz. I'm free associating here -- but I am loving the word "Tiggerish"! And I love the lines "I will run and not be weary. I will sing and not be whining For I am ALIVE!" There is such passion and joy in this! Beautiful poem, Marie!! And thank you for your very kind comments on my blog!
:)

[Tammi]

Marie,
Love the word Tiggerish...I think I'm going to use it. This is an entertaining ode to the morning brew. Made me smile.

Love the "quakes me awake" especially since it is followed by such energetic lines:)

[taittems]

Lovely and tiggerish! Cool thoughts and photos.