10 Summer Poem Summer has been hibernating Deep within the Earth’s womb Laying dormant all winter long Teasing us with glimpses of sunlight As her reign approaches. Like a mare with foal Summer swells against its restraints of flesh Stretching, growing, awakening Summer plays a game of hide and seek behind the clouds. Warm days to come. Her water breaks in April showers Where children stomp in pink galoshes And vegetation takes a gulp Of saturated earth.
Nice days tease the cold as anticipation builds Birds chirm outside the window. Beans sprout and flowers bloom. Grey morphs into blue as brown matures to green. Colors so long disguised by winter gloom Can once again be seen. Summer births across the horizon Drying the dew upon the grass Making red mercury rise As the sun shines and sizzles across the sky. I long for summer days; I welcome summer days, My arms outstretched to greet the rays My feet naked and wiggling on the lawn. My being soaks up the sun, As warmth pours over me like honey. Summer returns once more. C. Mae Waugh
“e Hills Are Alive” by Kristin Salomon