July / Annette Wynne

July

July's for Independence Day,
For flags and speeches and for play,
For hiding deep in meadow grass
And watching flying creatures pass,
For sailing boats on little seas,
Where just the smallest summer breeze
Can blow; for picking flowers any day;
July comes for flags and play.

~~
Annette Wynne (1919-1922 fl.)

from For Days and Days, 1919.

[Poem is in the public domain in the United States]

Annette Wynne biography

MissLunaRose12, Art by an autistic 11-year-old depicting people lighting sparklers. 

CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

August / Annette Wynne

August

August days are hot and still,
Not a breath on house or hill,
Not a breath on height or plain,
Weary travelers cry for rain;
But the children quickly find
A shady place quite to their mind;
And there all quietly they stay,
Until the sun has gone away,—
August is too hot for play!

~~
Annette Wynne (1919-1922 fl.)

from For Days and Days, 1919.

[Poem is in the public domain in the United States]

Annette Wynne biography

Photo: Daniela Dimitrova, Pixabay