Mary London Szpara: Midsummer Musing

An Ode to Summer

Mary London Szpara June 24, 2023

616 Less than a minute

Dust crystals dance in a sunbeam stream

Bird songs drift through an open window

An empty chair rocks in a quiet breeze

Ice slowly melts in sweet ice tea

Pine straw strewn in mounds ‘neath the trees

Blooms exploding in a Van Gogh dream

Now dusk sneaks in, the shadows creep forward

Raccoons and possums forage and steal

The woods have awoken, deer families emerge

A yip and a howl, A coyote cry heard

The screech of an owl, rabbits freeze and ears twitch

Tree frogs serenade, tenor tones out of tune.

Hank’s whippoorwill is heard far back in tall grasses

Up overhead the celestial sky show, the planets align

It’s midsummer.

Life is good

After 20 years in radio, Mary London Szpara hung up her rock and roll DJ and programming stilettos to become a full time voice actor, mimic, audio editor, producer, and executive producer of a syndicated radio show And Then There Was That with Sonny Hollywood Chase. Her writing skills were enhanced over the years as she wrote creative copy for radio ads, and then put pen to paper after the death of her husband and soul-mate. Her book The Loss World (Amazon) has become a stage play The Loss World Monologues and most recently, a short film has just been completed. She has produced 2 metal cd's, Metal Mythos Vol 1 & 2, and continues to work with musicians on a regular basis.