SUMMER SOLSTICE, A poem [F, 6-21-24]

BEYOND WINTER: The Irrelevant Musings of an Old Man—SUMMER SOLSTICE, A poem [F, 6-21-24]

 

SUMMER SOLSTICE

 

Already, days are shorter

at each end, less light

June lingers, looking back

over her shoulder

a wary eye

for something lost

or just misplaced

a stray daffodil

an awkward fawn

Or is okay just to go on?

 

John Robert McFarland

 Okay, I’m a day late for summer solstice, but it’s not my fault. This was the earliest summer solstice for almost 200 years.