Summer Sunshine

- Windows thrown open on a sunny June morning Refreshing and uplighting like a sun flower's first captured vision Breathe deep and absorb the sallowed air A woodpecker knocks and signals that summer has sprouted at last The window causes the wood pigeon to scare and swoop away to the south It flies leaving my elder berry tree. Oh those lovely teas of the elder berry I must check the size of the raspberries on those endless spreading tendrills And tie up the old conference pear to the bending summer wind New cut grass divine in smell from yesterday's motored cut The stinging nettles make no effort to grow beside the swings Small crimson and green rhubarb shoots sprout out and lack a feed And the wind blown fish meal has moved on beyond the base of the plum tree The wood pigeon returns and lands and hides like so many years before Mr swallow swans and loops for insects upon the wing So many frog sprawn clumps at top the septic tank some born some wriggle And once before a pine marten appeared and lifted the lid of my old dust bin. A garden so rich and vibrant so productive and open I welcome all comers to grow to feed to view to read It oxygenates the mind and calms the soul Brings happiness and reason gives purpose and marks the season