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JUNE POEM


At the end of June school will be out
Its time to enjoy summer the children will shout
Folks will go to the cottage on congested roads
Taking a boat or some other big load
Farmers will be in the fields baling hay
But years ago it was done a different way
Strawberries will be picked and sold to folks
Some will be eaten or made into jam its not a joke
Picnics will be had to celebrate some reason
Yes summer is the time for them the right season
Weeds must be pulled from the garden from time to time
And the grass will grow longer it you’ll find
Others will go swimming out there in the lake
Some will fish and boat and from work take a break
Folks may hike while others will water ski
But its over sixty years since being done by me
Some will camp in a tent others a trailer too
A canoe will paddle along and some sailing do
Butterflies are out and bees are buzzing around
And being outside most folks are happy to be found
Some months of thirty days are Sept. April June and Nov.
So enjoy the weather as its colder we remember
The summer solstice falls on the twenty-first of June
But time will slip away and be colder very soon
Those born in June are under the Cancer sign
So may no one get that disease at any time
The main flowers of June are Honeysuckle and Rose
Yes many flowers will bloom each day including those
The months name is from Juno the wife of Jupiter
So I hope like me you’ve learned a little more
We have the most daylight on June 21st in this country
While down south its the longest night that we can see

Winston E. Ralph
Bancroft, Ontario

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