Clareโs short poem โSummer Moodsโ wonderfully captures the sense of enjoyment in a simple nature walk on a summer evening.
โSummer Moodsโ by John Clare
‘Rain in Summer’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I donโt know about you, but I just love a nice downpour on a hot summer day. As someone who really doesnโt stand the heat, I appreciate those moments of cool freshness, and I know Iโm not the only one: the plants and animals vitally depend on the rain during those hot, dry months too. …
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‘June’ by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
This poem is a wonderful ode to the first month of summer. Read it and practice your vocabulary with a few simple exercises!
Book review: “The Country of the Pointed Firs”
As the summer slowly draws to a close, I return to the book I love to re-read this time of year. Sarah Orne Jewettโs 1896 novella The Country of the Pointed Firs is a gentle and relaxing, almost meditative account of an idyllic summer spent in a small fishing village on the coast of Maine. …
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