November

Bonus: Poem for the Exhale Blog Hop

Summer starts by exploding

into purple. Jacaranda heralds 

its arrival by casting delicate 

purple flowers on the path.  

Even clouds have escaped the heat

of a bleached sky. The dregs 

are white paint on a brush scraped

across the blue. The children scale

the mulberry tree, with deep royal 

purple-stained faces and hands 

and shirts. Lavender stalks sway

in the breeze, unperturbed by 

the bees. Purple wisteria petals 

perfume the patio as we clink our gin

and tonics, dotted with frozen 

blueberries. Summer is here. 

Those who have eyes to see 

nature proclaiming the coming 

of the King’s birthday, let them see. 

This post is part of a blog hop with Exhale—an online community of women pursuing creativity alongside motherhood, led by the writing team behind Coffee + Crumbs. Click here to view the next post in the series "Mellifluous".

You can read previous poetry collections here:  

Nice Girls Don’t Get Angry | What Discontent Says | A Prayer for a Grudge | More