A Long Summer

Recently I’ve been experimenting with hand drawn oil pastel backgrounds for my random poems. And this morning I wanted to try to assemble a poem that was somewhat more cheerful in tone simply to celebrate the fact that summer has come.

The table was strewn with a multitude of word snippets, and one phrase lead naturally to the next. By the time I came to the end of the poem, I found that not only was I pleased with the positive message, serendipitously the colours were also bright and complementary.

Instantly I knew exactly what kind of background I wanted: vivid, happy colours that softly merged into one another. Originally I was going to do broad stripes, but I decided on blocks of colour instead. I really love how it’s finally come together, and it makes me smile. Here’s to an endless summer.

Life is edged with delicate happiness
Step through the secret world where the sun sets gold
And a long summer for endless hours defies the laws of nature
Such an array of riches catches the inner glow to your heart.