Saturday, June 4, 2016

Summer's Takeover Gail Hennessy #4


Summer’s Takeover.

 
Summer has squatted on the paddocks of autumn
nudged her out of her third spot on the segment of
seasonal divisions. Hung around in a hybrid of
pleasantry, making herself sure of a welcome and
we haven’t protested, not really, although the soil
is parched of moisture, crumble dry a millimetre
below surface if you give it a scratch, or toe scrub
without autumn’s advent the camellia has forgotten
to bud, I’ve heard it’s out of fashion, though it is still
on my radar because it chimes of home in the highlands.

 
Today the rain has come and the forecast tells us lows
on the coast are ready to dump all over the weekend
I am keen to see 7 metre breakers roll in from the Pacific
onto Nobby’s beach, but will there be a space to park?

 
Gail Hennessy  2016.

2 comments:

  1. Well here we are, well and truly! Hope you are enjoying. :-) Here in Mur'bah I am too far way from the beach to be tempted to risk driving in the wild weather, but indoors is nice and cosy.

    I thoroughly enjoyed your depiction of summer hanging on through autumn (and certainly I for one didn't protest, not really). And I feel a bit sad about your camellia.

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