Friday, July 14, 2023

July Loveliness


I turned this July evening stroll to the garden to pick potato bugs, into a mini-photo shoot, but the lens
can't quite capture the vibrancy of the colors;
deep denim-blue skies, 
gleaming gold wheat fields and due to all the rain, 
rich green summer foliage!





The gales have gentled now, that long we rued
Earth throbs with bud and seed’s God-ordained sum
The limb is lush with leaf, ere winds denude
The woodland tress that zephyrs toss and strum

Showers steep July-scapes in green and gold
The hymn that nature sings rings far and wide
Where earth’s page brims with beauty to behold
...denim-blue heavens crown the countryside

…where wildflowers freckle, fringe, gild and grace
Hill, hollow, ditch and dell, roadside, oh my
And we pick an impromptu resting place
To gaze and praise the Author of July

Where, because life is rife with care-to-bear
We could be prone to miss This Loveliness
That overflows dirt vaults with lilies fair
As God bends to kiss earth with heaven-ness

...where gales have gentled now, that long we rued
Before warm breezes tumbled from the sky 
And we reply with songs of gratitude
For The Sweet Loveliness we call July

© Janet Martin


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I hope you enjoyed your pause on this porch and thank-you for your visit!