The days are long
The nights are hot
The south is sunny
The north is not*
The henge is busy**
Over fields green
And lands are cliffy***
(Where they’re seen)
The tides are cool
The waters clear
The kids are screaming
The ice-cream man’s here!****
The sky is bright
The ground is warm
And in the night
There comes a storm*****
‘Though soon enough
Through the days in the sun
Summer’s once again
Over before it’s begun!******
A bit of a nonsense list poem here, based on Midsummer which falls on Friday 24th June here, this year (local listings may vary depending on where you are!)
*This actually isn’t true. It’s very sunny today, and the hottest day of the year so far, and I’m in the north.
**Some henges are busier than others at this time of the year. The Grinds’ Henge (pictured) comes alive at Midsummer.
***I couldn’t think of anything else to rhyme with busy, and ‘cliffy’ fits in with the theme of the land, although not everyone has immediate access to a cliff.
****I haven’t actually heard any kids for many a year shouting when the ice-cream man comes around, maybe they just expect one now.
*****Night-time storms are fabulous, aren’t they? All that thunder and lightning to keep you awake when you have to get up early the following morning. They’re still fabulous though, all the same.
******Meaning the days start to get shorter again after Midsummer… the days get hotter though, right the way up until November nowadays.
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