Sweet Sting of Summertime
“Sweet Sting of
Summertime”
Air ripe alive
gaggle dancing jive
Stung!
Healing honey hive
sticky fingers tongue
About this poem
In the heat of summer, I sat in the garden observing a swarm of bees. My mind jumped from the pain of being stung to the sweet, healing properties of honey.
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Written on August 01, 2023
Submitted by susan.brumel on December 12, 2023
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| Scheme | XX AA AX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 166 |
| Words | 26 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2 |
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