A Summer Poem

We have hot summer temperatures here today, expecting to hit 30C later this afternoon.  I just wilt in this heat and have been trying to find something to do inside.

So far I have begun reading two different books and discarded both of them.  One was plain boring, the other was too hard-going.  It is too hot for serious reading at the moment.

Browsing through some of my old notebooks I came across some poems I had written.  The following one is about Summer, so I thought that was appropriate for today.

Mt Maunganui ocean beach (2010)

SUMMER

Skies are blue, washed pale with heat,

Fluffy clouds form and just as quickly flee.

Cows swish tails to chase away flies,

And cicadas chirp loudly from their tree. 

Next door’s children squeal with delight,

Squirting each other with the hose.

Gardens swelter beneath the sun,

As one by one we shed our clothes.

By the sea the crowds gather;

Claiming to have fun on the hot sand.

Splashing in the cool ocean waves,

As summer spreads across the land.

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This photo was taken in Napier during 2009.  I think it is a great way to disguise the functionality of public toilet facilities!

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