Midsummer comes and Midsummer goes

 

art by   Maggie Vandeerwhalle

How did it some to be a week into July!

This poem expresses my amazement:

Midsummer Song

by Clinton Scollard

Dawnings of amber and amethyst eves;

Soft in the south wind the laughter of leaves;

Breath of the poppy and death of the rose,--

Midsummer comes and midsummer goes!

Dapple on cheek of the apple and plum;

Honey-bees droning a die-away hum;

Swales in a shimmer and dales in a doze,--

Midsummer comes and midsummer goes!

Darting of dragon-fly, flutter of moth;

Barley in windrow and wheat in the swath;

Hush-song and thrush-song!--the mother-bird knows!--

Midsummer comes and midsummer goes!

Moonlight and noonlight all glamour and gleam;

Hillside and rillside a thrall to the dream;

Capture the rapture before the days close!--

Midsummer comes and midsummer goes!