Summer
by Margaret C. Rigsby

Oaks green, lush
no reservation required;
a host for families of squirrels,
local flocking birds, insects and
even a bird feeder or two.

Hot humid southern summer breeze
spreads pollen for happy butterflies and bees,
while dastardly mosquitoes and gnats are attracted to
human sweat (a minor annoyance)
drifting through the hot hazy lazy days of summer.

As daylight disappears
fireflies light the night with amber little candles,
such an amazement
these lightning bugs,
beautiful moths appear donning colors more lovely than a butterfly.

The sun shines early in sleeping eyes
as the sounds of birds chirping, July flies rustlings
promise one more day
of summer,
slow, smooth, sultry, sleepy, southern summer.