What Is June Anyway?
After three weeks of hot weather and drought,
we've had a week of cold and rain,
just the way it ought to be here in the north,
in June, a fire going in the woodstove
all day long, so you can go outside in the cold
and rain anytime and smell
the wood smoke in the air.
This is the way I love it. This is why
I came here almost
fifty years ago. What is June anyway
without cold and rain
and a fire going in the stove all day?
Copyright Credit: David Budbill, "What Is June Anyway?" from Tumbling toward the End. Copyright © 2017 by David Budbill. Reprinted by permission of Copper Canyon Press, www.coppercanyonpress.org.