Summer Re-visited

On dewy dawn soft shadow splays

Across the lawn; its fretwork maze

Embellishing an emerald sash

Where soon swift carefree bare feet dash

And softer zephyrs strum a sea

Of half-sprung rye, its melody

A farmer’s hope and dreamer’s bliss

And summer’s sun-kissed happiness

The bud has broken into bloom

Its token tune’s earth’s living-room

And we are all fear-free and wild

As every gladsome summer child

And long we lie beneath the tree

Of willow-song and memory

Where daisy chains teased fingertips

And berry stains sweetened our lips

How distant now that gritty gale

Of sleet and snow and ice travail

Sun-sparkle frays in coffee cups

Hope leaps and plays like eager pups

Where children squeal and laugh and run

Across a year of rising sun

And mothers scold and hug and call

Before the bolder tug of fall

© Janet Martin

I was traipsing along in Monica's snowy footprints when suddenly she swept me into a sun-sparkly summer day...so I stayed a while;)

 I love all seasons but...ch-ch-ch-chattering teeth and c-c-c-cold! vehicles need a break now and then. We didn't get a major January thaw as some predicted and we are in a deep freeze for the remainder of the month according to weather forecasters.