It’s Poetry Friday!
I’ve been using some of Georgia Heard’s July Field Guide as prompts this month. I’m enjoying how Georgia’s suggestions encourage me to think outside the box and look for inspiration in different places. Of course, I still most often turn to nature and memories. Here are two short offerings using the prompts “Find where nature is trying to enter” and “Make a list of what July keeps.”
Nature’s Tenacity
green springs from rotting trees
vines twine through honeysuckle
a sunflower sprout
Draft, 2026RoseCappelli
Ah, July!
bees and butterflies
fireworks, flags
empty schoolbags
happy tail wags
afternoon naps
thunder claps
frozen ice cream treats, perhaps
Draft, 2026RoseCappelli
Tanita has the roundup today at her blog Fiction, Instead of Lies. Be sure to stop by for lots of poetry goodness. I’ll be off for a couple of weeks of vacation, enjoying family time at the beach.
Imagine the Possibilities 
Rose, I love the nod to nurse logs in your line, “green springs from rotting trees”
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Thank you, Joyce!
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Oh, yes! thunder claps and ice cream perhaps. What a great ending to a perfect poem of July.
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Thanks, Linda!
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Oh Rose, yes! July is thunderclaps and afternoon naps! Love this ode to mid-summer!
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Thanks, Patricia.
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Rose, lovely and Georgia’s prompts are inspirational:) Empty school bags and happy tail wags… feels so summer to me as a former teacher. Ah July, wonderful tribute to midsummer:)
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What a GREAT use of a prompt. Both of these are stellar, but that July keeps thunder claps/and frozen ice cream treats, perhaps? Pure perfection. I love that so much! This July has been keeping a ton of humidity, and I have a bit of beef with that, but we carry on.
Happy Weekend! 🥰
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I am certainly experiencing how some nature just thrives (or is tenacious) in the heat. Love the rhymes in your July list poem.
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I found Georgia’s prompts last week and alas, have not done any – even though I had good intention. However, we were away for two days this week. You did a great job of July – it captures summer beautifully. Enjoy your beach time, Rose!
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Love the “perhaps” and the whole spirit of that July poem! Thanks, Rose. xo
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Rose, your rhyming poem is delightful as it takes me back to my summertime as a child. While not having frozen ice creams, I did have my share of a fabulous ice cream place that was well-known. Summer is a treat unto itself.
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Such truth (the mother log) and such fun (the things July keeps)!
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What do you mean, PERHAPS!?
Frozen ice cream treats FOR SURE!
But your rhyme and rhythm is undeniable.☺️
It’s such a pleasure to find something satisfying in responding to a prompt, isn’t it? May your vines keep twining!
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I love the rhythm and rhyme of “Ah, July!”!
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