Midsummer

© C A Lovegrove

Midsummer madness!
Bald head browning, not quite burnt;
must remember hat.

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First posted 20th June 2014.

Week upon week

© C A Lovegrove

Careful what you wish for.
A proper summer? Hot days
with wall-to-wall sunshine?

False memories of winter:
cloudy skies, gun-metal grey,
lashings of rain curtaining down.

Was it always like that?
Or were there blue skies in between?
And now we have week upon week

of parched lawns, diminished rivers, moorland fires and painful sunburn, sleepless nights and short tempers.

Bring back a touch of winter:
promise-crammed clouds of black and grey,
replenishing streams, greening grass,

dampening moorland, cooling skin
and brows. Blessed, blissful rain.

But – careful what you wish for.

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First posted 30th June 2018.

Last week

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Sunshine wall to wall day
Mind you stay in the shade day
Choose sun protection factor 30 day
When’s it going to stop day
Thirsty day
Frying under the sun day
Sweaty day
Sunburnt day

stillness

silent wethers graze
sullen stillness swathes waters
westering sun sinks

fun

After the rain may come sun
After the pain perhaps some fun

Shares can go up as well as down
But invest in life — it means we’ve won

Selene greets Sol

smudges in the sky
shade from sombre to shining
Selene greets Sol

window seat

winter blues banished
 warm sun heating window seat
 seasons come and go