June Boon

June as always is brimming with nature's boon... June tosses lures Peony-pure... like peering into iris-trove... ...like lolling in arboretumswhere hollyhock and clematisand wisteria whisper, oh like lingering in knee-deep driftsof silver dandelion-snow... like letting waves wash Want away... ...like twilight's slow release June tosses lures Peony-pureDelight. Backdrops of flawless hueinvite us to earth’s banquet roomof carpet green, and awning blueto be honored partakers ofnature’s guiltless pleasure-buffetlike peering into iris-trovelike letting waves wash Want awaylike sipping the sunny-sweet breezelike honey-bees, heady with crumbsof pollen sticking to our kneeslike lolling in arboretumswhere hollyhock and clematisand wisteria whisper, ohlike lingering in knee-deep driftsof silver dandelion-snowlike standing stock-still mesmerizedby ruby-throated hummingbirdlike being agelessly surprisedby nature’s rhythms undeterredlike robin as it sings for rainlike midnight’s wildlife rendezvousas gardeners start to complainabout what naughty rabbits dowhere delights are the dearer, forthe verge where always troubles lurkwhere June is like a troubadourand toil can hardly be called ‘work’where pools of shade, second to nonehail us for high-noon holidayand the school-year is nearly donewhere children shout hip-hip-hoorayand buses breathe sighs of reliefand drivers too; (do I hear ‘yes!’?)where zephyrs tickle verdant leafthat tickles hearts with happinesswhere a communion-wafer moonserenades twilight’s slow releasewhere heaven on earth must be Juneand June must be Time’s Masterpiece © Janet Martin like standing stock-still mesmerizedby ruby-throated hummingbird...