On The Second Day Of January Poem by Francis Duggan

With warmth in the sunshine and warmth in the breeze
A weather temperature for the day of near forty degrees
The sun blazing hot in the blue and sunny sky
And so very warm the ground is so dry
White butterflies seemingly dance in the sky around the bushes and trees
And the warm air full of the buzzing of flies and of bees
With the warmest of Summer to us very near
On what is a very warm time of the year
In the flat coastal countryside by Warrnambool
The cattle lay by the tall trees to keep cool
Much discomfort to many creatures such high temperatures does bring
Too hot and too dry even for birds to sing
On the second of January a very warm day
But the weather forecast does have a cool change on the way.