Summer Quilt

long patches stretch in movie scenes
of light and dark and middle greens
rutut-rutut ... rutut-rutut

white scarecrow soldiers row on row
a crackling wait for the farmer’s hoe
rutut-rutut ... rutut-rutut

flatlands broken by forest trees
upright trunks heave ‘gainst forest wheeze
rutut-rutut ... rutut-rutut

Miechów1 painted in summer coat
gables and walls a colourful gloat
rutut-rutut ... rutut ... rut … rut

two hours hence the landscape’s bowling
‘gainst tree trunk pins the hills are rolling
rutut-rutut ... rutut-rutut

family team on hands and knees
strawberry stands amongst the trees
rutut-rutut ... rutut-rutut

wide water snakes on either side
the Wisła2 on its northern glide
rutututut!! ... rutututut!!

such are the scenes od Warszawa3
over the quilt do Krakowa4
rutut-rutut ... rutut ... rut … rut

Footnotes
1  A picturesque little town in the south of Poland. Pronounced: http://www.forvo.com/word/miech%C3%B3w/
2  Polish: the Vistula river that cuts the country almost in half. Pronounced: http://www.forvo.com/word/wis%C5%82a/
3  Polish: ‘from Warsaw’. Pronounced: http://www.forvo.com/search-pl/od%20Warszawa/
4  Polish: ‘to Cracow’. Pronounced: http://www.forvo.com/search-pl/do%20Krakowa/