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The days are getting longer and warmer – at least in the Northern hemisphere. Schedules are being rearranged with longer hours for swimming-pools and parks. Bike races have started, festivals and concerts under the stars will soon follow. To plagiarize a famous Christmas song, “it’s beginning to look a lot like summer”.
As far as I am concerned I look forward to meals outside – preferably barbecues – more and longer walks along nature trails, a couple of trips and the surprises the season will bring.
Novels often have summer as their backdrop. In We Were Liars and Ordinary Grace – two books I read rather recently – it soon become obvious to the reader that summer is part and parcel of the plot. And of course, as you well know, numerous poets have written about the summer.
Summer Song
William Carlos Williams, 1883 – 1963
Wanderer moon
smiling a
faintly ironical smile
at this
brilliant, dew-moistened
summer morning,—
a detached
sleepily indifferent
smile, a
wanderer’s smile,—
if I should
buy a shirt
your color and
put on a necktie
sky-blue
where would they carry me?
So I’d like to ask you today what you particularly like about summer and whether you have any plans for the coming weeks.
dVerse 
Greetings, poets! Tonight I am the one tending the bar. I hope you are enjoying your day/evening wherever you may be.
Hello there.. summer, I do love it. Here in the far north we are enjoying quite a lot of daylight. Already now the sun will just barely set before I go to bed, and dawn is so early so I will hardly ever see the sun rise. I hope to be able to go out and do things over the weekends.. but I guess we will also be quite busy until it’s midsummer… after which lots of things just slows down…
You remind me of a summer I spent in Sweden may years ago. I could not believe that I was driving in broad daylight at 4 am!
It’s scary if you wake up early.. still I intend to go to the far north later in summer…
You do every summer, don’t you?
You might think you would get used.. but you don’t… strange really.
I’d love to see the northern lights
Isn’t it hard to sleep when it is still somewhat light? I remember one summer when I was in Scotland it was still light at 11 pm at night! REALLY hard to sleep for me, but I wonder if one gets used to it.
You get used to sleep .. but it could be a little difficult at first.. It’s still light at 10 right now..
I think summer in Sweden would be easier than winter.. How many hours of daylight do you have in the dead of winter?
Real daylight? or dusk…. if it’s cloudy it could feel like dawn going dusk… summer could be the opposite, dusk going to dawn.
Nice introduction, Gabriella. Ah, I am waiting for summer patiently here….it has still been a bit on the cool side. I do look forward to some trips, more walks, fresh vegetables from farm markets, longer walks with dogs, having coffee or a glass of wine on the deck, perhaps eating a meal or two in a restaurant with a lake view! There is so much to look forward to about summer, but that is a start! Happy Open Link, everyone!
Oh I long to eat outside as well. But it’s still too cold I think…
I have eaten outside once this spring! I look forward to many more opportunities.
Here it is still a bit too cold to consistently think about eating outside. Maybe in the next week or two?? (Hoping!)
For me the Summer months.. at least for the last few years.. means an explosion of creativity that ha! i am sharing today.. i hope y’all don’t mind as it’s hard to hold it all in.. without sharing just a ‘little’ bit of it here.. and tHere.. anyway.. a fast computer and Internet connection is in order for that today… and hope everyone is having a wonderful Summer prelude as well.. as wife Katrina coxing me out the door for just another one of her shopping marathons with dance walk from me.. a busy day.. but as always.. hope to read and comment on all poems in the next couple of days.. as well as if and when.. the shopping excursion ends today… with smiles and winks again..;)
Oh I will come past and see what you have for your summer… dancing in the sun.
Not very summery here, I’m afraid. We’ve had a few balmy days and then temperatures suddenly drop and it’s all cloudy and rainy. Feels more like March than May…
I wrote a poem which needs some more work, so may not be able to link in time, but will be visiting to see what others have written.
We have two days to link up so I will definitely wait.
Oh, I do hope we get to see your poem, Marina Sofia…even if it is in a draft kind of form.
I too hope you can post, MarinaSofia.
Actually it’s feeling rather autumnal here in NYC. Just last night my husband threatened to turn on the heat. 🙂
We compromised by using our (we’d thought) done-for-the-season fireplace.
Fireplace sounds great.. but I guess it will soon be warmer than you want.. 🙂
Spring is a bit slow here too.
Ha, I had the heat on just a bit last night too. SIGH. That definitely shouldn’t happen the end of May!
I LOVE that WCW poem. I hadn’t read it before.
soon I’ll be riding my bicycle 109 miles through the Black Hills Michelson trail. Assuming I don’t meet a mountain lion or bear, it should be great fun.
175 km— that’s a long way Bill.. take care with the bears.. but I guess cars are worse.
people swim in the sea – so I’ll pick up some bear spray and it should be fine.
Enjoy the ride, Bill!
June 5 🙂 – should be fun, but there’s a couple tunnels that could be creepy if they have bats
Bats sound a bit creepy. Hope you don’t get too many.
yeah, me too – but that’s the adventure part 🙂
In the low 70’s in western WA, already worried about low snow pack & summer drought; but nothing like friends in S. CA. are enduring. My wife & I head East through the SW to visit her family in Texas, so we get our fill of 100+ temps for weeks during July. I have vowed to take more pics, Bryce Canyon, the Arches, Monument Valley, the Grand Canyon; lots of good stuff. There is a train museum in Ely, NV. I’m looking forward to visiting.
I love the Southwest.. I have been there many times.. so many great places. Bryce can actually be a little nippy at night if I remember right.. I look forward to the pictures..
My husband is from the southwest so a little piece of my heart is always there. Love Arches…so surreal. Dead Horse Point is my favourite place on earth…so far. I do remember March being a nice time to visit.
My contribution is the reverse of summery, but is nevertheless completely up to date.
I think the weather is completely topsy turvy this year – we were basking on the patio at the end of March, and now I’m shivering in three layers of winter garments.
I think we might have more summer up here then.. today it was really pleasant at lunch.. there is always warmth in those rays…
Cheers for hosting the bar Gabrielle!
I love the light nights (and mornings) of summer, the lush green of nature and am so looking forward to a holiday in late July.
I have things to celebrate now, the birth (yesterday) of my second grandson. Welcome to the world little fellow!
Anna :o]
How wonderful. Congratulations.. there is so much joy, and with a summer coming up I hope you get the chance to be the best grandmother ever 🙂
Congratulations! May he live long and prosper.
Thank you my friend.
Anna :o]
Welcome to your grandson, Anna.
Wonderful news – a great time of the year to be born, with all the nice daylight hours and staying outside…
Thank you Bjorn. In today’s world I fear for the little fellows future – but let us hope that soon humanity matures and all days are a never-ending summer!
Anna :o]
Congrats on the gift of a new grandson, Anna! I have a son graduating May 30th so I must work on organizing photos instead of writing poetry (if I can resist) but wanted to say I like summer and the WCW poem you opened the pub with, Gabriella.
Congratulations to your son. I hope the mom can enjoy and relax after all the prep.
For us, life slows down during summer and although we are not there yet, I can feel its pull–
I can feel it too, especially in all those schedules and summer programs.
I enjoyed the poem, Gabriella and hello to all. It has been a little chilly for May….mid 60’s. We’ve been alternating between summer clothes and sweaters. The sun IS shining today and that makes a difference. I look forward to flowers in my garden, weekend trips for exploring new sights and evening walks on the beach.
Hi Mishunderstood, the sun is shining here too today and I have enjoyed a short walk in the warmer weather. I too am partial to walk on the beach.
Wonderful poem for summer. thank you Gabriella for looking after us tonight. I am back for a few minutes and will be back later tonight to read and comment. it is rainy here today – shun u – as the Japanese say, gentle spring rain. My plantings are enjoying the slow soak and tomorrow will be sunny and warm – again. I’m looking forward to fresh fruits and veggies from the local farms and orchards and then a bit later, canning and freezing the local harvests for future use. I imagine we will do several day trips to the beach and have a ton of outside cookouts. Going about to outdoor flea and farmers markets with friends will be another fun thing to do plus watching my plantings grow. I have just gotten back from a special Monet exhibit at our Museum of Fine Arts and will post and return later.
Welcome, Toni. I love those summer fruit and vegetables. They really inspire my cooking.
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Thank you, Gabriella. I confess to savoring all the seasons, though I flee the cold now that I’m older. We finally have rain here in Reno…and it’s cold, but summer brings gardening and I do enjoy that. Even now I sneak out between rain and work on the weeds.
I am still catching up with comments from Tuesday and have to leave for an appointment now, but will make rounds tomorrow.
It was nice seeing you at the bar, Victoria.
Hi Gabriella! This will be good–see you later!
Oh dear, I just got confused–is “open link” the same as “open mic”? I was thinking today’s deal was any poem we wanted to share, but rereading your post, it sounds like I need to focus on Summer. Help, please? I get so nervous about failing the “bar”!
It is indeed like open mic. Any poem is fine. Summer is just the subject of the discussion. Share whatever you wish to share and have never posted at dVerse.
Thank you so much for the clarification–actually, since my poem’s locale is HI, it almost qualifies as “summer yearlong”. You’re the BEST!
I love summer! It’s my favorite season. I’ve pondered moving to Australia 6 months out of the year so that I could have two summers and no winter, but alas that is but a dream. This summer I’ll be spending some time in Hawaii, working on a book proposal and another poetry book, and going to a writers conference. Throw in a few campouts and barbeques and it’ll be a season to remember. 🙂 Peace, Linda
This sounds like a busy and very enjoyable summer, Linda.
Sounds like my kind of dream summer – enjoy, Linda!
Since I have to do some lesson planning and teaching today (woohoo! making money with that degree!), I thought I’d do a submission for the “where are you from” post from a ways back. I think it has a theme of summer and illustrates both where I’m from and where I’m from is from. …That surely makes sense.
Anywho, where I currently live we have spring before summer. I’m not used to it, but I certainly enjoy it! Four seasons? Why I never!
Nice to see you back! Any poem is fine for OpenLinkNight. Thanks for joining in.
Four seasons is great fun – but I find that, more and more, they are getting all mixed up throughout the year, so you end up having all four in the course of a week!
As Gabriella said, there is great flexibility for Open Link Night – no set theme, can be an old poem, anything goes!
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I am once again unable to comment on the poetry by “Tinker.” And I find myself wondering if I am alone in this.
After getting a Tumblr account I can comment on Hamish (Tinker) by reblogging it.. alas the only way to do it on tumblr..
Well, I will assume he does not wish comments unless he simplifies. I don’t understand why he would post..but oh well.
I have been getting ready to travel and then on the move from Australia to Africa and have missed the last few dverse but it is nice to be back.
I found a haiku by ‘tinker’ and thought it was brilliant but could not find a way to comment on the site.
It seems nine of us can. 😦
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I am so sorry I couldn’t post comment on Hamish’s blog for his awesome haiku 😦
Sumana, I could not either!
I’m looking forward to day trips to the mountains 🙂
This sounds great and something I’d enjoy doing too.
I would have liked to comment on Tinker’s poem about the trees shedding their leaves – beautiful…..but I found the site hard to navigate to place my comment. the photo and the words just made just a quiet, moving statement.
Nobody has been able to leave a comment, it seems.
I left a comment.. but only through reblogging his haiku on my tumblr account.. He has so many blogs… 🙂
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I am joining in a bit late – having a busy weekend. The summer here is hot and sultry – the only advantage are the mangoes 🙂
Happy weekend Gabriella.