Wednesday, Jun 24, 2026
Theme

The Season of Ripening

36 posts

Road Shimmer High Summer

Road Shimmer

–-This poem reflects on the shimmering heat above a summer road, where distance blurs and the season turns ordinary space into something…

24 Jun 2026 · 1 min read
Fan in the Window High Summer

Fan in the Window

–-This poem reflects on a fan in the window as a humble source of relief during high summer, where ordinary machinery becomes…

23 Jun 2026 · 1 min read
Sweat on the Back of the Neck High Summer

Sweat on the Back of the Neck

–-This poem reflects on the bodily truth of high summer labor, where heat and work leave their mark as part of the…

19 Jun 2026 · 1 min read
Overgrown Garden High Summer

Overgrown Garden

–-This poem reflects on a midsummer garden grown thick and unruly, where abundance presses past order into lush, living excess. The vines…

18 Jun 2026 · 1 min read
Air Before the Storm High Summer

Air Before the Storm

–-This poem reflects on the charged stillness before a summer storm, when heat, pressure, and waiting gather into a palpable sense of…

17 Jun 2026 · 1 min read
High Noon High Summer

High Noon

–-This poem opens Book II by entering the dense central heat of summer, where stillness, brightness, and bodily presence take on a…

16 Jun 2026 · 1 min read
Long Light on the Porch The Long Light

Long Light on the Porch

–-This poem reflects on the lingering evening light of early summer, when the day feels reluctant to end and the porch becomes…

15 Jun 2026 · 1 min read
Crickets After Dark The Long Light

Crickets After Dark

–-This poem reflects on crickets after dark as the quiet music of a summer night, where sound gently takes the place of…

12 Jun 2026 · 1 min read
Summer Table The Long Light

Summer Table

–-This poem reflects on a summer meal shared outdoors, where ripening becomes hospitality, abundance, and the simple grace of being gathered together.…

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read
Heat Lightning The Long Light

Heat Lightning

–-This poem reflects on heat lightning as one of summer’s distant marvels, where unseen storms flash at the horizon and fill the…

10 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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