Summer Mosaic

Bee-nuzzled, scents arise from honeysuckle And bands of beautiful forgetmenots A shower of beech leaves, drop a waterfall Midgies in clouds drift by in hazy dots The yellow's on the broom, its waving arms Rattle their golden jewels over the flank Of a bright river, sailing glitterful. A heron, feathered statue, haunts its bank A butterfly goes jitterbugging by A curlew chants a soulful, solemn psalm From out of nature's wardrobe, fly the swifts And dandelion clock's small seconds, swarm Within its buried sett a badger sleeps Above, white apple blossom carpets grass Fledglings cheep with diamond-gaping beaks Clouds write legends as they idly pass In gardens, pansies raise their violet heads Homes in suburbia tend flowery moats This is the sumptuous season, all's a-stir A dragonfly lifts from a pool and floats