I Would Like to Live in May

I would like to live in May,

Watch the apple blossoms sway.

Soft through copses make my way

To green fields; and then I’ll lay,

Then I’ll lay, then I’ll lay, then I’ll lay there

With the sun in my mouth and the grass in my hair.



This poem copies the form used in Ariel's Song, from The Tempest (Act V, Scene I) by William Shakespeare. It's a cheerful, summer song, and made me think of sunshine; prompting my own lively poem about spring.