Twenty Two days since
June arrived to bring us
Summertime again
How long we have waited
Anticipating
The sunshine to greet us
Each morning we woke
And now in the midst of it
We treasure each moment
Choka
Tag: June
Fleeting June
Covered in roses
Their fragrance trailing her
June passed by
Bidding us fond farewell
Soon she’ll be a fond memory
Tanka
Falling Petals
Pink petals scattered
June you bring such beauty
Time quickly steals
Haiku
June-Queen of Summer
Summer’s Queen enters
At the midnight hour
Covered in Roses
Haiku
Welcome July!
(Graphics from clker.com)
A Strawberry Moon in June
June 13, 2014–Rare Strawberry Moon–Astronomy Picture of the Day
JUNE–Acrostic
Festival Park Revisited
Today I drove past the places we had been,
not too long ago,
and no one knew except me,
that the same street I was on today,
was the very one we had ridden our bikes down
that rainy day in June.
I remembered how we had gotten so soaked from the pouring rain,
that our hair dripped in our eyes,
and our shoes squished when we walked,
but we held hands and laughed,
and listened to the band play,
and we were warm and happy.
Today, it is not raining,
my shoes are dry and the sun is shining,
but there is no music
and everything seems cold and empty.
Teardrops replace the raindrops in my eyes,
because I am here, and you are not….
Free Verse
Leona J. Atkinson 11-03-13
(In Remembrance of 10-28-1989)
June’s Farewell
Everyone was complaining,
“When is summer going to come?”
The 65 degree weather
Was really not summer for some.
“Where is our sunshine ?
We want hot sunny days.
We are tired of the cool,
And the rain, how it stays!”
So today summer came
In a rushing wave of heat!
The temperature is 100,
And everywhere the sun does beat.
Now no one is saying “Yay!
Summer finally did arrive!”
No. All I hear is “Turn on the AC
To 65 degrees, so I can survive!”
Farewell June, on your final day you
are surely giving us a day to remember you for!
06-30-13
Leona J. Atkinson
High Hopes
Summertime dreaming
Vacation hopes in my mind
Checkbook wake up call
Dreams do not match reality
No vacation plans this year
Tanka
Leona J. Atkinson
06-29-13
Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 