On The First Day Of December Poem by Francis Duggan

On the first day of December and the calendar Summer in the coastal Moyne Shire
So much natural green beauty for one to admire
The warm sun glowing in a sky blue and gray
Who could not but be happy on such a nice day
A weather forecast high for the day of a pleasant twenty degrees
And the pleasant aroma of grass mowed for hay wafting in the breeze
That blow from the ocean across the green countryside
Where natural beauty and peace does abide
The paddocks looking lush and green after the late spring rain
With such pleasant weather how could one complain
The contented cattle chewing their cuds lay in the shade of the trees
Such beauty that makes for marvelous memories
On this the first of December the southern calendar Summer's first day
Wafting in the breeze the sweet scent of grass mowed for hay.