Notes About The Poem
"Laying out" was my actual life style every summer until about three years ago when I simply had no time for it and I realized it was too risky to keep doing it so much. I would even catch the rays until Halloween time if the sun stayed strong till then! Those were the days!! It was worse when I was much younger and out boating with my husband every weekend!
Dog Days of Summer
From June (when the summer has just begun)
till August, I sizzle under the sun.
I bathe underneath it, soaking it in,
and even in fall, I will not be done!
The first days of autumn cannot defeat
my unbridled passion each day to greet
sun rays still blazing in autumn’s blue sky.
Through Indian Summer, I relish sweet heat!
Dog days of Summer, don’t give up on me.
Keep on through October, for I will be
basking in sunshine as long as I can -
and were it possible – eternally!
Written Sept. 30 and posted Oct. 1, 2018
for the 'The Dog Days Endure' Poetry Contest of Gregory Barden
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