Summer came to visit,
just for a day
She shoved Spring
out of the way.
Summer came to visit,
just for a day
Bright Sunshine and Warm Wind
kept her company.
Summer came to visit,
just for a day
Bikes pedaled down the trail,
Yards shed their winter look
Just for a day
Summer came to visit.
Mar 20, 2013 @ 11:04:25
Mar 17, 2013 @ 21:33:05
I love your poem! Thank you for sharing it. It really brightened my day!!
Mar 17, 2013 @ 08:13:56
It has been snowing like crazy for three days up here in Western Canuckistan. Winter’s come to visit, and he’s that uncomfortable house guest that hasn’t noticed the party’s over and the lights are on!
I agree with others here — you use repetition nicely to create a strong rhythmic element that binds the piece together through momentum. Nice!
Mar 17, 2013 @ 05:58:35
Fun to relish such a visit, even for just a day!
Mar 17, 2013 @ 04:25:08
I envision you sitting – maybe on a porch? or a deck? – watching everyone else enjoy spring, and describe the way they embraced it for a day. I hope you got out and enjoyed it, too!
Mar 17, 2013 @ 03:30:12
Love this, I am hoping for a summer day visit, even just one would revive and recharge my wintery demeanor.
Mar 17, 2013 @ 02:53:46
Yep, here too Elsie, & spring, even clouds, are back here today. Yesterday-75! Nice way to arrange the poem & I too really liked that “just for a day”!
Mar 17, 2013 @ 02:26:45
We had a spring visit last weekend, but today snow returned home:)
Mar 17, 2013 @ 01:09:50
Oh, I’m just waiting for some spring!!!
Mar 17, 2013 @ 00:08:27
Summer came to visit. She will come again. Two spring poems (Michelle wrote one too) a day gives me spring feeling. I think I remeber what spring looks, sounds, and smells like.
Mar 17, 2013 @ 00:09:55
I am jumping way ahead, waiting for summer already. I meant to write Spring came to visit, just like in your poem.
Mar 16, 2013 @ 23:13:17
Sounds like the weather we had last Sunday! These sneak-peeks of summer are so delightful!
The repeated phrases made your poem very joyful.
Mar 16, 2013 @ 20:09:55
Summer is best one day at a time when you can really savor the excitement.
Mar 16, 2013 @ 16:16:53
Poetry must come more easily when you have summer visit for a day in spring–. We are still waiting for a January thaw.
Mar 16, 2013 @ 15:47:53
I love the repetition of the line. It reminds me of how much I love the transition from winter to spring and those days when “Spring comes to visit, just for a day.” I enjoyed how you captured that feeling so well.
Mar 16, 2013 @ 15:39:57
Hooray…now I am hopeful that she will come to visit us as well. I am mightily tired of cold, dreary March days.
Mar 16, 2013 @ 15:06:27
Just for a day captures the sporadic midwestern seasonal transitions perfectly. We had summer last Sunday…just for a day…long enough for convertibles, and flip-flops, before the snow pushed her out post haste.
Love the personification. I see Summer looking like Glenda, the good witch on ‘Wizard of Oz.’ 
Mar 16, 2013 @ 13:45:21
“Just for a day” says it all about this time of year. We’re playing hide-and-seek with just spring. Thanks for reminding me this will happed for us in Northern Indiana!
Mar 16, 2013 @ 13:28:06
I envision all of those first days of summer when all the bikes come out!
Mar 16, 2013 @ 13:24:14
Yes, summer was here, Just for a Day (maybe two), but I’ll settle for spring.
Mar 16, 2013 @ 12:52:27
I like the repetition in your poem. If summer came to visit here, I would kick her out. I prefer spring because I can actually sit outside without breaking a sweat.
Mar 16, 2013 @ 12:45:16
I enjoyed the repetition of “just for the day.” I just wish spring would arrive where I live — oh, but you had me wishing for summer. The lines you used to capture the signs that summer came for a day were powerful. Let’s hope she stays soon!
Mar 16, 2013 @ 12:24:39
Hello Summer. Good-bye Winter.
Mar 16, 2013 @ 12:22:47
Pass her down here will you