July
Enjoy this descriptive poem about mid-summer; St Swithin’s Day falls on July 15 every year. According to tradition, whatever the weather is on that day it will continue for the next 40 days and 40 nights. Let’s hope for sunshine!
July
The ‘Mid-Summer’ month is upon us,
With a background of beauty galore,
Where the birds sing a heavenly chorus,
All God’s blessings, outside our back door.
Will ‘St Swithin’, refrain from foretelling,
With the barometer high on the day,
For the corn in the ear is for swelling,
And the harvest set fair for the hay.
Sing fair songs for the height of the season,
Let the ‘Cumulus Nimbus’ stay far,
Give us hope, give us heart, give us reason,
Clearer days till the evenings bright star.
Mick
( Copyright Michael Westwood 2016 )
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