The h2g2 Poem
Created | Updated Aug 27, 2008
Ode to Summer
Summer's garden -
Spring's promise fulfilled
Life at its zenith
Once shy buds open
Into flamboyant display
Merrily stretching for the sun
Basking in golden, nurturing rays
Turning this way, then that
Displaying petal, leaf or fruit
To best advantage
Challenging each other
To contests of scent and hue
Unselfishly bringing forth life
To nourish life
Summer's voices -
Nature's symphony
Calls of fledgling songbirds
Auditioning for the morrow's sunrise
The gentle fluttering of
Butterfly wings
The inebriated buzzing of
Honeybees drunk on nectar
Frogs and crickets
Chattering squirrels
Laughing children
A primeval chorus
Always changing
Always the same
Summer's daughter -
Mankind's solace
She cares not that
All too soon
Will come the swirling winds
And the bitter frost
Turning green meadows brown
And blue skies grey
She holds the warmth of
Glorious summer days
Deep within
So that in the grip of
Winter's chill
We gather around her
And she fills our world
With sunshine
