From July to December
By V.M. Sang
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About this ebook
The second book of poetry in V.M. Sang's One Poem A Day Series takes us through summer to midwinter.
Each day there is a poem to read. These poems are often related to the season, for example, Harvest, or the first flight by the Montgolfier brothers, and of course, Christmas.
The poems are varied in type and length. There are haiku, haibun and tanka, limericks, sonnets, odes and narrative poems among the collection. Some poems are comments on serious subjects, while others are amusing and entertaining.
Many of the poems in this collection are in the traditional vein, so if you enjoy this type of poetry, this book is for you.
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From July to December - V.M. Sang
July 1st
It’s deep into peach season, so I wrote this in honour of that delicious fruit.
Peaches
A peach with skin so soft.
Breathe in the sweet scent
As to my nose it wafts
Made just to tempt.
Bite into the flesh.
That scent did not lie.
The flavour so fresh
That I cannot deny.
Juice runs down my chin.
The peach is so sweet.
It must be a sin
To enjoy such a treat.
July 2nd
I live not far from the sea, and hear the gulls calling all the time. I am fascinated by all the different calls of the herring gulls. Here’s a setanta.
Herring Gulls’ Calls
Seagull on my roof
Is crying like a baby.
Now screaming like a banshee
Wak’ning everyone.
Chatters like a chimpanzee
And then barks just like a dog.
July 3rd
Summer
The height of summer
The sunshine brings happiness
And with it long days.
Time to play at the seaside
And build castles in the air.
July 4th
We recently had family to stay.
Here’s a poem about families.
Family
Brothers, sisters, cousins too
Some of whom we barely knew
As one by one the family grew.
Family feuds, we all fell out
Little sister, she did pout.
Cousin Johnny started to shout.
Susie said ‘I hate you all.
And I hope that you might fall
And get caught out in a squall.’
Brother Robert raised his fist.
‘Don’t you speak to us like this.’
Narrowed eyes, voice like a hiss.
Sister Jane came rushing in.
‘They have started bullying Jim.’
Quarrel stopped. He’s our kin.
So we went to sort them out.
When they saw us, ’twas a rout.
They will run away, no doubt.
We fall out, of that it’s true.
And we say things that we rue.
But family is strong. We knew.
All for One and One for All.
We stand together or we fall.
Petty quarrels, they will pall.
July 5th
A small bumble bee has been pollinating our raspberry plants all by herself. At least, I didn’t see any other insects around them. Here’s a Haiku.
Little Bee
She sips sweet nectar.
Proboscis deep in the flower.
Raspberries will come.
July 6th
Sleep
Sweet sleep.
Drifting, floating, eyes closed,
Mind set free,
Wandering where it will.
Control gone.
Thoughts fly everywhere.
Deeper, deeper, sinking.
Soft as down.
Sleep creeps up and you know no more.
Is this Sleep,
Or Death?
July 7th
At the Seaside
The sun is shining, the sea is blue
Crystal clear, the air.
I look across the bay and see
White cliffs soaring there.
The waves are lapping gently
Caressing the shore.
Seagulls soar above me.
Who could wish for more?
July 8th
Fairies
Gossamer wings aflutter
She hovers in the still air
Plucking fruit from the elder tree
Be still, so she thinks we’re not there.
She drops each berry she gathers
Into a basket so small.
Then when it is full she flies away
Over the garden wall.
If we sit still and are silent
She will return for more,
For the fairies are brewing from elder fruit
Wine, as in days of yore.
Beware of this wonderful beverage,
For ’tis said it makes you forget
All the things you think you hold dear.
Off to fairyland you will set.
July 9th
Off to the Lake District today. Beautiful area of the country, but the weather can be a bit dodgy. This area inspired many of our best poets. William Wordsworth was born and lived here.
English Lakes
Mountains climbing to the sky
Heads wreathed in the cloud.
High above where buzzards fly
Soaring far above the crowd.
Waterfalls tumble down
Chattering over stones and rocks
Streams flow swiftly through the town.
Passing quickly through the flocks
Of people who have come to look
At this wonderful, beautiful land.
Lakes and mountains, fell and brook
Are only there, we understand
Because of all the rain that falls
From those great high mountain walls.
July 10th
Scents
Lavender, rosemary, mint and thyme
All perfume the air when we brush past.
Sweet the scents; they are sublime
All other odours they surpass.
Bacon sizzling in the pan over there,
Coffee, fresh ground, and bread, newly baked,
The frying of onions wafting through the air
Are scents that cannot ever be faked.
The scent of the grass as I mow the lawn
And hay, fresh dried being fed to a horse.
The soil after rain and the seashore at dawn
And on the mountains the smell of the gorse.
Pine trees smell sweet in the sunshine