Poetry is not my favourite medium in the world but I do enjoy some that particularly tickle my fancy. I picked this book up entirely based on it's pretty cover and it was, for the most part, quite delightful.

- Each date between 1st June and 31st August has  a couple of poems assigned to it. These are often on a theme, for example, 19th June discusses Juneteenth, 4th July has a poem about the US. 

- There's good variation of poems and poets, although old, white, male poets seem to have more representation. It would have been nice to see some of the repeated poets replaced with something new and diverse.

- The quality of the poems varied too. Some were fun and witty or beautiful and evocative. But some were just dull, overly long and boring. 

- This sort of collection would be perfect in an educational environment. A lot of the poems would be good conversation starters or useful for discussing different ways to use language. There are other seasonal books edited by Esiri so the whole year could be covered. 

A nice little collection of poems and although autumn has now very much set in, it allowed me to keep a connection to summer for just a little longer.