{"id":10375,"date":"2011-12-13T06:30:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T17:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=10375"},"modified":"2011-12-12T18:14:49","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T05:14:49","slug":"tuesday-poem-sumer-is-icumen-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/12\/13\/tuesday-poem-sumer-is-icumen-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Poem: “Sumer is Icumen In”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sumer is Icumen in,<\/dd>\n
Loudly sing, cuckoo!<\/dd>\n
Grows the seed and blows the mead,<\/dd>\n
And springs the wood anew;<\/dd>\n
Sing, cuckoo!<\/dd>\n
Ewe bleats harshly after lamb,<\/dd>\n
Cows after calves make moo;<\/dd>\n
Bullock stamps and deer champs,<\/dd>\n
Now shrilly sing, cuckoo!<\/dd>\n
Cuckoo, cuckoo<\/dd>\n
Wild bird are you;<\/dd>\n
Be never still, cuckoo!<\/dd>\n
.<\/span><\/dd>\n
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(Traditional)<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

—<\/p>\n

About the Poem:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Sumer is Icumen in”<\/em> (or: ‘Summer is a-coming in’) is a traditional English round. It is thought to date from around 1260 AD and although written down the author is anonymous. There are several versions of the song, and given its era the original is written in Middle English.\u00a0 The version I use here is the one used in the 1973 film, The Wicker Man<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I have chosen to feature\u00a0“Sumer is Icumen in”<\/em> today because down here in the southern hemisphere, summer is indeed a-comin’ in. But also because one thing I like to do in the Tuesday Poem slot, from time to time, is celebrate the origins and different traditions of poetry—all part of reaffirming that as poets we are part of a continuum, and I believe it’s important to both appreciate and acknowledge that.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>To read the featured poem on the Tuesday Poem Hub<\/strong> and other great poems from fellow Tuesday poets around the world, click here<\/strong><\/a> or on the Quill<\/strong> icon<\/strong> in the sidebar.<\/p>\n

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Sumer is Icumen in, Loudly sing, cuckoo! Grows the seed and blows the mead, And springs the wood anew; Sing, cuckoo! Ewe bleats harshly after lamb, Cows after calves make moo; Bullock stamps and deer champs, Now shrilly sing, cuckoo! Cuckoo, cuckoo Wild bird are you; Be never still, cuckoo! . (Traditional) — About the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10375"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10389,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10375\/revisions\/10389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}