June Blooms
we were amazed
by that tree
without leaves
draped with purple flowers
on an island
in the mediterranean sea
it was a very hot day
in early june
not easy to believe
such incredible heat
sky so hot colour
was all burnt out
of everything
the eye could see
in the distance
there was africa
and sand storms
(they were miles high)
something to see
even once a lifetime
Murray Robertson (photography & poems) 
You’ve inspired me to write a poem to be called “The Boom Of June”. Thanks dear Murray.
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Thank you arlenecorwin!
That’s very cool.
🙂
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Here’s what you inspired me to write (this very minute after reading “June Blooms”.
The Boom Of June
The bloom of June
Can be a boom of June –
And sometimes not.
It can be cool or hot.
In any case June’s shot-in-arm,
Always a balm;
A feel of ‘up’ ‘cause winter’s gone;
Rhododendron in our garden,
Jasmine waiting for its time,
Azalea in its dazzling prime,
Weeds abundant and resplendent
In their way,
Though they get in the way
Of something flowery that grows
One presupposes.
In each case, the face of summer’s
Long, light days Is coming to its peak
Just as I speak,
June booming with each blooming
And one’s humour at the top.
I wish that I could stop it there,
But fall and winter will be here
And I myself be eighty-eight,
Taking joyful part in June’s unique,
Discrete yet indiscreetness for the moment.
The Boom Of June 6.13.2022 Birth, Death & In Between III; Circling Round Nature II; Arlene Nover Corwin
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Thank you arlenecorwin!
88! Now, I know that you are bragging.
😉
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what a never-ending source of wonder is nature –
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Lovely Jacarandas ! Thank you
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Thank you Lekhak!
I didn’t know what they were. We don’t have them here, I think. (Unfamiliar to me.)
🙂
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Welcome Murray !
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🙂
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