green in all its shades then:

the burgeoning of blue:

grape hyacinth, cornflowers, forget-me-nots

delphinium-blue 

sky-blue, grey, white, black, swirling

chiaroscuro, dappled sun and new leaf,

echoing Turner's kippered skies flying by

towards the green heart of one more summer:

brass bands, paddling pools, London's lidos

 the simple outdoor 

decencies of human nature

when amongst hills, weeds, lakes, nests, trees.gardens, parks 

we hear birds sing as if an end had arrived - out of the blue - 

to the fickle-precious ordinariness of love

this is the fullness of summer held in suspension

moving through the limited number of high seasons

we are born to know.