I have begun to notice the temperature rise quite early this year. As it gets to 20 degrees C this weekend (in April!) it is clear that we are going to have another record breaking year. Mixed in with the warmth we have more rain than usual with an extremely wet March, according to the weather people. So my ‘Nearly Summer poem’ is a kind of warning that milder weather is not necessarily a good thing. It’s a warning.

Nearly Summer,
Feel it getting warm,
Nature awakens
And bees begin to swarm.
Spring feels different,
Windy and wet,
Hope we don’t get
Flooded quite yet.
Flowers blooming
All around,
Thunder making
A booming sound.
Still seems different,
Warm too soon.
Sometimes the rain
Feels like a monsoon.
Global warming
Less crops grow.
A very hot summer
On its way, though.
Yes it’s lovely
Weeks of fun
Basking and playing
In the burning Sun.
Nearly Summer
But it can mean
Desertification
Heat stroke and water unclean.
Pipes overflowing
With sewage and grime
Sunburn and famine
For a very long time.
Enjoy your Summer,
It’s nearly here.
But remember for many
It’s a time to fear.
Thank you for reading my ‘Nearly Summer poem’. I hope that it got you thinking about how vulnerable our planet has become because of climate change. Here is a story I wrote imaging what it might be like if global warming keeps going, entitled Caused By Climate Change.