Summertime Poem by Chris Embrick

Cobalt blue the summer sky
Emerald green the meadow grasses
Shadows move from west to east
As each cloud slowly passes
Jasmine vines a golden tangle
Intoxicating, fragrant sweet
Hummingbirds ruby-throated
Drink from trumpets red and deep
Dapple light fills the forest
Shafts of light between the leaves
In the meadow rainbow flowers
Golden nectar for the bees
From the mountains water rushing
Spilling down the mountain ridge
Through the forest crystal waters
Swirl and tumble past the bridge
On the canvas of the wetland
Reflected clouds float gently by
On summer asters wood nymphs flutter
On twig and blade the dragonflies
In the distance sounds of thunder
A twilight storm before the calm
Nature's beauty, nature's cleansing
From summer's heat a soothing balm
A time to long for Autumns chill
When gum drop colors paint the hills
Then we'll shiver in the winter
Hoping that it soon will end
All the while dream of the summer
As the cycle starts again.