The following poems about summer and warm weather are appropriate for young people.
“A Boat, Beneath a Sunny Sky” by Lewis Carroll
A boat, beneath a sunny sky …
“Fishing on the Susquehanna in July” by Billy Collins
I have never been fishing on the Susquehanna …
“A Green Crab’s Shell” by Mark Doty
Not, exactly, green …
“Summer in the South” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The oriole sings in the greening grove …
“For Once, Then, Something” by Robert Frost
Others taunt me with having knelt at well-curbs …
“Summer at Blue Creek, North Carolina” by Jack Gilbert
There was no water at my grandfather’s …
“Knoxville, Tennessee” by Nikki Giovanni
I always like summer …
“Three Songs at the End of Summer” by Jane Kenyon
A second crop of hay lies cut …
“Summer Morn in New Hampshire” by Claude McKay
All yesterday it poured, and all night long …
“Imagery” by Archibald MacLeish
The tremulously mirrored clouds lie deep …
“Still Life with Invisible Canoe” by Idra Novey
Levinas asked if we have the right …
“His Speed and Strength” by Alicia Ostriker
His speed and strength, which is the strength of ten …
“In the Mountains on a Summer Day” by Li Po
Gently I stir a white feather fan …
“Summer Stars” by Carl Sandburg
Bend low again, night of summer stars …
“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18)” by William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? ...
“Accidental Pastoral” by Maggie Smith
I must have just missed a parade—
“Bed in Summer” by Robert Louis Stevenson
In winter I get up at night …
“Warm Summer Sun” by Mark Twain
Warm summer sun …
“Summer Song” by William Carlos Williams
Wanderer moon …
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