High Summer
Cicada Shell
–-This poem reflects on a cicada shell as a sign of transformation in high summer, where what has been left behind still…
Wednesday, Oct 14, 2026
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High Summer
–-This poem reflects on a cicada shell as a sign of transformation in high summer, where what has been left behind still…
High Summer
–-This poem reflects on a summer power outage, when ordinary comforts vanish and the body becomes newly aware of heat, stillness, and…
High Summer
–-This poem reflects on wilted zinnias in high summer, where beauty endures strain, bends under heat, and finds renewal again in evening…
High Summer
–-This poem reflects on night swimming as a form of release in high summer, where heat, darkness, and water meet in quiet…
High Summer
–-This poem reflects on a storm drain in high summer as a quiet place of waiting, where heat, stillness, and the promise…
High Summer
–-This poem reflects on towels drying in the summer breeze, where ordinary household life becomes filled with warmth, motion, and the simple…
High Summer
–-This poem reflects on a dry creek bed in high summer, where absence, memory, and the shape of return remain even after…
High Summer
–-This poem reflects on the heavy stillness of the dog days, when high summer presses everything toward rest, shade, and surrender to…
High Summer
–-This poem reflects on cantaloupe as a ripe and cooling gift of high summer, where heat and growth are transformed into sweetness,…
High Summer
–-This poem reflects on a sunburn line as a small bodily record of high summer, where pleasure, labor, and exposure leave their…
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