light fractures the sky
overhead, the explosion
crashes and smashes,
roaring to the universe
of heaven’s summer power
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As I write, the sky is flashing and the rain is pouring down. The thundering echoes are rumbling above the house and wind is blowing. There are some thirty thousand motorcycle riders camping in the area for a huge rally that’s been going on this weekend. I’ll bet the ones that left today are really glad they’re not in a tent in this storm!
Pine trees dance with wind
waving their limbs and swirling
to a summer song.
Of course, officially there are still 11 days until summer. However, I hear that the Americans are already out of school, and with our temperatures in the high-20s it feels like summer at long last! So to celebrate here is a summer invocation for myRotary friends!
We are thankful for the warmth that summer brings
For friends from afar gathered ’round our table.
For the warmth of the caressing summer air,
humming with chittering, twittering things
For time off work to do what we are able,
to embrace a hurting world into our care
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Shawn L. Bird 