Friday, 9 August 2024

A Meditation on Sirius ...

We can wear our shorts at last

With sleeveless T-shirts, they’re a blast!

Bare feet in sandals wriggle free

Bright painted toenails flirt with me!


We loll about, kick off our shoes,

Grab a deck chair, maybe snooze

As the heat saps all our strength

We like to meditate, full length!

 

Not everyone has fled abroad

Trains to the North Sea coast have soared!

Blue skies with not a trace of rain:

Awesome Dog Days back again!

 

Wise Ancients knew it would be dry

With Dog Star Sirius in the sky

This welcome heat meant harvests ripe

And marvels to be seen at night.

 

The immensity of deepest space

Put us humans in our place;

Electric light, though quite amazing,

Lacks the magic of star gazing…


(c) Poet in the woods 2024



Sirius the dog star heralded the hottest days of the year

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