Happy summer solstice!
I wrote this in 2019 based off of an online poetry prompt.
A Solstice Lullabye
June 21: it stays light
Until nine o’clock.
Come on, night.
My kids are not smart enough
To tell time. It makes
Bedtime tough.
I push their heavy heads down
Onto their pillows.
They scowl, frown.
“It’s still day!” they cry.
“Nope,” says I.
Prime 53 summer poem
Total syllables 53, 11 lines
First 3 stanzas are 3 lines each with 7/5/3 syllables
Final stanza 2 lines with 5/3 syllable count
Rhyme scheme aba cdc efe gg
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