Poem: Hi, Summer is Ku-ing

Green gowned catalpa

poses with white corsages,

a June graduate.

Orange poppies pop out

from green cocoon phalluses,

bees about to buzz.

Sunbathing black snake

stirred on the stream-smoothed stones,

hisses French kisses.

My hammock’s cocoon

curving in a deep-slung arch,

smiling between trees.

These childhood de-lights,

fireflies playing peek-a-boo.

The night is winking.

This article appears in July 2014.