Star Gazer Lily and a Solstice Poem

Star Gazer Lily  This is my favorite oriental lily on my favorite day of the year.

Unfortunately the days start getting shorter tomorrow.

       

                        Summer Solstice

                          Stan Thawley

          Last night I felt the world hesitate

          As it reached our southern destination,

          Our longest day and shortest night.

          There was a brief stop, no optional

            excursions,

          Then a reluctant shifting into reverse,

          Like a yo-yo we are tethered by that great cold hand.

          We now journey north, a tilting

          Into short, cold, dark days.

          This morning on Knob Lick, early

            sumac

          Sirens its bright red warning.

           Copyright Stan Thawley

           The Golden Country (ed. Fred R. Pfister)

           June 2011