Summer Symphony by Mary Lee Hahn

Summer Symphony
by
Mary Lee Hahn

July temperatures rise;

locust engines vibrate.

Hum starts low,

crescendos.

Mechanical buzz

revs up.

Raucous maracas

ratchet a racket,

undulate a thrum

of hoola hooping snare drum.

Sound shimmers;

heat simmers.

August locust chorus:

persistent pulse.

Mary Lee Hahn lives in Columbus, Ohio, and has taught either fourth- or fifth-graders for nearly 30 years. She is the author of Reconsidering Read-Aloud (Stenhouse, 2002) and nearly a dozen articles for the Choice Literacy website.

ldkulp:
I agree, the wordplay is fabulous! I love that "hoola hooping snare drum"!
Posted 07/14/2013 05:07 PM

laurasalas:
Love! Wordplay (Raucous maracas ratchet a racket) and fantastic concrete details(locust engines vibrate). I. Am. There.
Posted 07/14/2013 08:42 AM

Janet F.:
Particularly like "ratchet a racket" and "undulate a thrum". Mary Lee Hahn has captured a summer scene and its symphony with a singing musicality. A poem for all ages!
Posted 07/14/2013 07:08 AM

Wilda Morris:
Wonderfully appropriate sonics! Well done!
Posted 07/14/2013 06:49 AM

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