Sunday, August 2, 2009

The South and the Summer, the Sun

The South and the Summer, the Sun

The land lies stunned sun-blasted
Pulsing far out hazy days lazy days
Shimmers and shifts mirage tricks
And bold as gold brazen brass
Essence of yellow, heads up
Look you in the eye, proud to be out
The psychedelic sunflowers stand
Serried ranks, ready to sing and to zing
The south and the summer, the sun

Hallucination drug-free trip
A walk at the end of the day
Clinging to shade to coolness of glade
Filling the senses and flexing the soul
The ochres, siennas, the Prussian, the rose
A palette a painting a poem
A snap for the album, mind’s eye
Make me bold give me voice, inspire
For I’m ready to sing and to zing
The south and the summer, the sun


2nd August 2009 Hounoux

1 comment:

  1. Hi Sally!

    What a happy, happy poem! If only we could be sun-blasted in England just now! Sunflowers? What are they?

    Anway, yes, I have opened a blog for poems, and full of faith that at least Clare will join in too, I've called it
    jennyand friends - jeng. Here's the link:

    http://jennyandfriends-jeng.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html

    Hope you don't mind your poems being on it! I've really enjoyed them all so much, and as I said, you've really kick-started me after years of not writing anything down! I'm so grateful!

    Lots of love,

    Jenny

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