Hi Everyone, I thought I would start a summer collaboration that will be open for the months of July and August and close on September 1st, 2014! This is the longest duration I have ever had a collaboration open so I really hope a lot of you will participate…tap on to those summer memories, emotions and feelings… Just like the ones before, you can add your contribution under comments and I will place them in the order they come. I will put the name of the contributor at the end of the piece in the same colour as their contribution and the names will be in the same order as well. Please be patient with me on updating, as some days I may not get to be online during these months as previously noted but if you leave it in the comment I will make sure it has been added. Thank you everyone and I look forward to another fun adventure with you all! As usual, I have started it off below 🙂 
Cool breeze on a summer day,
makes my mind drift away,
travelling on sunshine…
Evening breeze
on a moonless night
wafting about
teasing my skin
with its soft caresses
so temperate
so beguiling
intimated itself
into my very being
charmed my soul
out of my unsuspecting body
carried me into the ethers
across the star-lit globe
met the dawn
nestled among the magenta clouds
on rising gusts
gushed across the wide open spaces
encountered the forests
wind in the trees
felt the rustle of leaves
like the rushing of waters
in my fluttering heart
Summer Sunday
As the sun sets
boys and girls
and men and women
reach for every last moment
on Sunday night
Frisbees flying, wheels spinning
longing for daylight
more hours of play
till darkness decides
The gentle breeze
sound of laughter and delight
smell of hickory pink, orange,
purple to blue
Time to grow up
As heavenly breeze dances freely
Light of tender joy echo deeply within the sun
Illuminating souls with its blush
The Summertime Kiss
Summertime air so hot and so thick
Even the dog makes an effort to lick
The ice cold water in a cool metal dish
Winter weather is now for what we all wish
The evening is different, the sun has gone down
The air has cooled off, we’re no longer drowned
From the sweat dripping over us, a constant admonition
The summer is here, we need air condition.
But that evening breeze, and the beauty it carries
Makes me relax and think of picking strawberries
Picking them out in a large open field
Line after line, and no need to yield.
There are berries aplenty
No need to hoard
Just fill up our buckets
And thank the good Lord
For providing us with such a bountiful crop
Making cakes and desserts all day, non stop.
Full bellies at bedtime, and hearts full of bliss
It is summertime magic that brings us this kiss
Winter brings havoc with ice and heavy snow
But summer brings magic that makes us all glow
Whether sun tanned or happy, smiles abound
Summer time brings a certain joy to the town
We stay up much later and play in the dark,
We catch lightning bugs down the road at the park
We spend hours outside in the pool swimming
Then hours of rest to wake up and persist in
Another day in the sun, a day filled with fun
A day to just play but to remember the one
The one thing that summer returns with each year
Is the summertime kiss filled with play and good cheer!!
stop a moment
be still
close eyes
feel
how you are
held
close in
the warm arms
of sunlight
feel
the breeze
gently
push back
the strands
of hair
that have
strayed across
your face
just feel
loved
Strike of the ball
Hit of the bat
Splash of the wave
Tip of the hat
Running
Running
Tip e toe, tip e toe
Through the grass
Ouch!
Hot hot, slip slop slap
Tickle laugh, run now play
Deeper deeper just a bit more
Oh no big wave up on the shore
Laugh, splash, castles no more
Sticky sticky all over my hand
Oh no yuck covered in sand
Tip tip you are it
Run run laugh in the sun
Engine humming heads bobbing
Almost bit my tongue
Loving the beach in summertime
When I was very young
Don’t look at me
I’m sorry but I can’t show you that piece of me
I like to keep it hidden
Far away from the roving eyes that would devour me
Don’t look at me
I keep everything I need on the other side
So you can’t see it
I show you what I want you to see
And I keep the rest tucked over here
I keep it for me
Selfish you say?
Preservation I think
I give you the pieces I think you’ll keep safe
And the rest is mine to protect
Maybe someday….
Remind me
of these days
when I lose my way
and begin to cling
a little too tightly.
Remind me again,
in your gentle way,
of the breeze
and of the stillness
of my heart.
In the north where the sun won’t set,
You’re awake all night,
but not due to regret
Here, where no trees can grow
Endless landscapes wherever you go
What you see is like your mind
Flat but rocky, and with plenty to find
And what if you’d take one step too far?
You will end up stalled, like an abandoned car
Summer lakes,
Blue rivers of July,
Strong, peaceful,
august oceans,
May my soul swim once again
In your refreshing lapping light!
High pitched giggles in the summer rain
Trying to catch a floating paper airplane
Games of hide and seek and lightning bugs
Kisses on boos-boos and mother hugs
Childhood is only a memory away
When life was all about love and play
Release reset
Leased we forget
Facing the sunset
Arms swept open
Sensations awoken
Breezes in from the ocean
Vision so golden
Shimmering unspoken
Sends loving devotion
Contributors: Me (Neha),
 Cnawan Fahey http://etherealnature.com/ ,
 Jennifer Fifield Porter jennannsd.wordpress.com,
 Zara zar4h.wordpress.com ,Â
kate (flippyzipflop.wordpress.com) ,Â
Laura M Kaminski arkofidentity.wordpress.com  ,
BrettsFuture (brettsfuture.wordpress.com),
 lorriebowden http://lorriebowden.com/,
In the Stillness… Laurie’s Gentle Healing Notes lauriesnotes.wordpress.comÂ
thebiotrotter ,Â
FGMÂ (poemsandpoemes.wordpress.com)Â ,Â
forgottenmeadows 