SUMMER DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN

                                  Dedicated to OwainGlyn

The summer solstice is finally here.

'Tis surely my favorite time of year.

It is the twenty-first day of June.

The days are so long we miss the moon.

We like to stay up long after eight

Which makes us inclined to sleep in late.

Our grass grows quickly with longer days.

Mornings often begin with a haze.

The tunes of song birds are a delight

Until watchful crows force them to flight.

Sometimes I wish that summer would stay,

That winter would shrink or go away.

But then the farmers would not have hay

And their poor donkeys would start to bray.

I rave at the bright, azure blue skies.

Of all seasons summer wins first prize.

                                                                June 21, 2022

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