A new summer sestina from Florence Cassen Mayers

July Idyll

My,
my,
guys,
July
flies
by!

I
find
I
like
my
ride:

bright
shiny
bike,
fine
tie-dye
sky,

pines,
thyme,
briar,
tiny
spiders.
Wild

briny
tides
collide,
mild
Fire
Island

nights
inspire
rhyme.
Idle,
I
comply,

write
tight
tidy
feisty
lines,
revise

twice, thrice.
   Nice try.
      High five.

— Florence Cassen Mayers