Hark

Hark,
Listen,
Summer has arrived,
you can hear it in the pulsing air.

Watch it 
as insects busily work.
Rushing to collect and pollinate
knowing time ticks on relentlessly.

See it
in the burst of colour. 
Drink in the heady scents
of blankets of rampant flowers.

Feel it 
as you gently touch blossoms
feeling grasses brush against your legs.
Hold and hug the gnarled old oak
with it's rough textured bark.

Taste it
in the Summer berries
that burst with flavour as you eat them.
In salads and tomato's  and plump peas.

Savour
Summer's bounties
soak up the hot rays and bask in them
whilst surrounded by sweet Summer scent.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Laurie Avatar
May 1, 2015 at 6:43 PM
G'day Shadow... your poem leaves us southerners with envoy seeing we've left summer behind and through your poem I can picture what we're going to miss - Thank you Shadow - Lindsay
Roper Avatar
April 21, 2015 at 10:30 AM
Beautiful piece a 7, and a fav. Blessings Eve
Yvonne Avatar
April 20, 2015 at 11:34 AM
Just a gorgeous write. A joy to read!
Hamilton Avatar
April 20, 2015 at 5:31 PM
ty Maurice hugs
Marcum Wong Avatar
April 19, 2015 at 6:28 PM
Summer welcomed by your sweet words Shadow. Lovely!
Hamilton Avatar
April 20, 2015 at 5:30 PM
ty Connie hugs
Horne Avatar
April 19, 2015 at 4:49 AM
beautiful & cheerful write, my friend. You're in the SW too? Plymouth here.
Hamilton Avatar
April 19, 2015 at 3:07 PM
hi Jack and ty dear yes I am in Taunton hugs
La France Avatar
April 18, 2015 at 5:14 PM
Shadow, great poem to welcome summer,7, here to it is beautiful outside also, I just got back from a nice walk around my neighbourhood with my friend, windy but the sun is great and thanks for visiting my poem, Patience
Hamilton Avatar
April 18, 2015 at 5:51 PM
ty Connie balmy sun shiny days here, everything is very advanced apart from the trees, which are starting to leaf up. hugs
Nunez Avatar
April 18, 2015 at 5:51 AM
Beautiful and nice feel through our senses, Shadow. I can relate. It's sweltering summer in the tropical isles. A 7. Kim :)
Hamilton Avatar
April 18, 2015 at 4:20 PM
ty Kim hugs
Haight Avatar
April 17, 2015 at 9:13 AM
This is lovely, Shadow. You have imaged the wonders of Summer through all our senses so well! 7+Fav. Hugs, Sandra
Hamilton Avatar
April 17, 2015 at 5:53 PM
ty Sandra hugs
Allison Avatar
April 16, 2015 at 3:15 PM
Oh Shadow you have brought summer to me early - wonderful imagery - thankfully the warm days of spring are with us now so it wont be too long to wait for summer to begin:-) Hugs Jan xx 7 xx
Hamilton Avatar
April 17, 2015 at 2:30 AM
everywhere new life Jan nature reaffirms her power ty hugs
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