HERE’S TO NOON IN SUMMER [Sa, 6-27-20]

CHRIST IN WINTER: Reflections on Faith & Life for the Days of Winter in Summer

HERE’S TO NOON IN SUMMER      [Sa, 6-27-20]

It is hard to write

a poem in the heat

of the day. The chaos,

the hurry, the worry.

Minds and pens are dry

in the madness

of the noon day sun.

For poets, noon is never

now, only in anticipation

as the sun begins

its rise. In memory

as the sun begins

its fall.

So here’s to noon

in summer, with all

its heat and drag.

Also, I hope,

with lemonade.

John Robert McFarland