Poems About: JULY

June arrived just yesterday, or so it
seemed to be. All that's left is one
more day, then June is history. July
can hardly wait to get here, it's almost read more »

On Clara's slopes in mid July i ate the whortleberry
And the splendid views i do recall towards the hills of East Kerry
The whortleberry small blue fruits that ripened on the heather
From late June until late July in changeable Summer weather. read more »

A ghost is roaming through the building,
And shadows in the attic browse;
Persistently intent on mischief
A goblin roams about the house. read more »

Sitting Bull - Parody Harry Graham - Ruthless Rhymes


Sitting Bull read more »

KISSING IN THE DARK

I write our names
on opposite pages read more »

Small Town America,4th of July
A young boy with bottle rockets just shot out his eye
Meanwhile in the kitchen his mother makes pie
And in the back of the trailer his dad drowns in rye. read more »

M uch joy you’ve garnered over sixty years,
U nited while time passed by both of you.
R esplendent is shared happinesss few knew.
I hope years wed to come will shed no tears. read more »

I walked out to see the world on the Forth of July

A sleek black bird with bright, round, yellow eyes
Marched outside my front window read more »

Such wild and chilly weather with heavy showers of sleety rain
That flood the spouting and the creek and the storm water drain
And the paddocks around the Powlett river seem like an inland sea
And water everywhere about as far as the eyes can see. read more »

for Sandra, the artist


July is a rainy month. read more »

Sitting Duck

Squire Squint, banging at a pheasant,
pranged, instead, a sitting duck, - read more »

In my house all alone,
In this life all alone,
To yourself you say shalom,
Once again you have been brought down, read more »