June Chalk-A-Bration!

         Over at the Teaching Young Writers blog, Betsy and her husband Shawn, who blogs at Beyond Innisfree have shown that there is much out there I haven't experienced (well, today is number three), and one of those things is to write a poem on the sidewalk, or patio, etc., anywhere you feel is a great place to show off your words. Betsy has named this Chalk-a-bration, which began in April during poetry month.  Please visit Betsy's blog to share the link for your own chalk story.  Thanks for hosting Betsy!


         We wrote about summer much of the month of May, waiting, waiting for school to be completed, so we could welcome the season of doing less, getting some R&R, reading the books we wanted, writing the words we wanted.  It was a lovely time of anticipation!  Now that summer is here, some of that has occurred, but here in Colorado, one thing more--fire!  Hence my poem, that began as celebration, but ended still another way.  

                                                  It's a little faded, so here is the text!

Summer comes-

blanket heat.

We smile and relax,

with shorts and halter tops.

We grow flowers

and jump into sprinklers.

Bodies shiver.

But the heat also brings

fire that we relish in

snow time,

not the hot and dry kind-

July.

We want the crackle

only in the fireplace.

Not in the neighborhoods.

Our bodies shiver.