SUMMER
SOLSTICE FROM THE PORCH
The
late afternoon sun sends its rays
Angled
high
Down
through the leaves
Swirling shadows
That encircle me
A summer sanctuary
Serves
me
And a passel of birds
I
am glad to host
Last
minute feeding
Then an announcement
Of
that perfect roost
The angle of the sun lowers
addressing trees higher on the hill
Then
climbs those trees
And
lifts the day away
A
Michigan alpenglow
Dusk,
cooling, the wind now gone
The
aroma of once freshly cut grass
Now
works its way up from the ground
As
a more pungent drying hay
Encore
Solar
lamps
Pop
on before ten
For
a moment of cheer
Then
gradually dim
Bird
chatter, gone
Darkness
slips in
Tomorrow’s
show begins
With
cocktails around four
After
Carole, with her hose
Has
had a chance to visit
Each
new seed and flower
DRK
6/19/20
