Sunlight and Shadows


Symphony of the Year

January meanders like lanky saxophones

Drawling wintry jazz in dark minor tones

Tinny harpsichords ring in February

Slinging brittle notes of an icy rhapsody

March sails in on a dancing fiddle reel

It flies high, low, fast, and slow with energetic zeal

Winds turn to rain in April’s sonatas

Piano keys pattering etudes and cantatas

May flutters by with breezy sweet flute trills

Bright chirping melodies of birds and green hills

June cascades in sunny twirling tempos

It blooms in rolling bluegrass licks and twanging banjos

A brass band marches in on July heat

With blasting horns, great tubas, and heavy metal beat

August unfurls a grand orchestra symphony

Flashing strings, thundering drums, and woodwind melody

Rustic folk music slows the rhythm in September

Guitar tunes float over harvests in cooling weather

Trumpets herald October with vivid hues so bold

A fanfare of color in regal red and gold

November’s violins promenade a farewell

They pirouette and waltz like twirling leaves that fell

December rings out with tinkling bells of cheer

A joyful silver glitter on the rhythm of the year

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