by Monica Sherlock

Summer is here again
Flowers are blooming outside my apartment
Purple buds on this hot summer day
Who created these beautiful flowers
The gardener or the creator
I call God the creator of the heavens and the earth
Who created the seasons
When flowers burst through the ground as the snow melts
Yes, spring was here and now summer
A day to go to the beach
Jump into the ocean and ride the waves
Watch children playing building sandcastles
Smell the ocean breeze
Pick up a seashell on a hot summer day

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Monica Sherlock is an Irish American poet who studied at Santa Barbara City College where she earned an Associates of Arts in Multimedia Arts and Technologies. Monica studied print making, sculpting in bronze and wood and creative writing. Her poems have been published in Xulon Press, “A Second Chance” a poetry book on Redemption. She also has her poems published in ten books. She also studied at UC.S.B. and achieved a certificate in Alcohol and Drug Counseling. Monica is a trained florist and a retired hair stylist.