Playtime in the summer heatRun in the sprinkler. I'm sweetDig in the sand. Stay cool,Wade in the bubble pool.Run barefoot in the grasses;Hope this summer never passes!

Balancing on slender stemsSeeming to spring from nothing,Like sunlight stored in green pods But, really joy, growing, swellingBeginning to stir to life,Can stay pennedUp inside no longer—NoNot another hour,Not another minute!Pop! Sunburst!

Spinning colorful blur like aSpinning fairways ride, aSpinning, whirling, twirling Spinning circle of color— pink roseSpinning to sweeter music than caliopeSpinning in softer places than carnivalsSpinning without glimmer or glitterSpinning a place in my imagination.