Summer weather ballyhoo rejoice heat wave, poem by Peter Menkin

This summertime poem, set in a heatwave, speaks ofHot comes the days,to languorand avoid the warm;
the joy and langour, the happiness of a hot day. Set inwaitevening after sunsethour of cool; summer
Marin County's Corte Madera, north of San Francisco,sendsmessages with earlier sunset,darker morning,
the work written in 2000 has backward runninglaze to latewakening and night goodwith Sunday that
sentences. Do try out the audio reading to get a betterspecial time.
feel for the rhythm of the piece. Humorous in itsCome festive days, wanted weather.
approach, the poem is comprised of images that set aStraw hats, suits, shorts, lacegown, khakis; costumed
pastoral picture after Church on a Sunday.for rollerskating go the mother-daughter duo,costumed
What does one do with a hot day, in a heatwave. Onethings grown up growing.
thing is visit an ice cream store. There one findsAnd there the grandmother sachet forgranddaughter
something cold and good, refreshing and pleasant. Thefrom the ice creamstore where flavors abide (many).
surprising respite in the midst of the heatwave, and theDo, yes, heat wave people talk,eat ice cream (cones
festive air of the store and its many customers,and Sundays)yogurt, while children delightheat wave,
including children, adds to a kind of ballyhoo celebration.hot, warm today.
One poetry critic said of another piece similar to thisTwo Christenings, (three months andfour years)
one, that it had the tone of a revival meeting. This onetwenty years laterdialogue of pulpits in one
not so much a revival, but a way of enjoying a hotsermon;many rejoinders of Septemberheat wave;
summer day. That is a revival of kind, is it not?coolness desired must.
Summer weather ballyhoo rejoice heat waveby PeterWhat a good report this weatherbrings in blazing
Menkinballyhoo rejoice.