“In summer, the song sings itself.” – William Carlos Williams
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
L’ete
Slowing down my mind
Halt the eternal quest
For tomorrow, next week
Or a favorite holiday
Even before summer’s
Waning begins, the
Yearning for it starts
Anew
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Learning to delight in
Nuances of each season
Colors of gold, red, yellow
Then brown splashs
Across the vineyards to
Les abres
Soups simmer once again
A late squash-corn chowder,
Black bean or hearty vegetable
Avec pois chiche
*
Le Printemps donne l’espoir
Les fleurs,
Vibrant green leaves
Sur le vigne
Life cycle
Reaffirms herself
Le cadeau de la mere nature
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Most difficult
Pour moi
Making peace
Avec l’hiver
Taking my breath away
Lodging its chill
Deep in my bones
Even when sunlight bounces
Across a rare snow
Longing takes over
Summer feels so far away
*
Bisous,
Léa
poetry, photos and musings oh my! 
oh the longing can be clearly felt – i like all seasons but as in the quote, summer sings itself– living seems so much more easy…deep sigh… this morning on my bikeride to work there were already autumn fogs spinning across the land…
Thank you Claudia! It is winter and the cold that have not been able to reconcile with… I do know what you mean, the signs are everywhere.
Winsome…lovely. My hubby is reading a bio of Zelda that I ordered on my kindle and haven’t gotten to yet. I am hearing a lot about her!!!
Thank you Cindy! No kindle here but a friend, who has kindle, wants me to put my upcoming collection of poems there. It will be bi-lingual if I can ever finish the job of translating and all written here. Fingers crossed!
This is gorgeous Lea! AndI can relate so much to it!
The summer here this year has been especially lovely and I have found inspiration in the garden among the flowers and wonderful creatures. So I am not readyto give myself over to winter yet, even autumn for that matter. But this is one area where the Serenity Prayer fits very well. Youvdid manage to make the colder seasons sound attractive, though, with the simmering soups. 🙂
Love
Christine
Xxx
Bisous,
Love Lea XxXx