Saturday, Aug 15, 2026
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The Season of Ripening

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Late Watering High Summer

Late Watering

–-This poem reflects on watering a garden at the close of day, where quiet care restores what high summer has demanded and…

21 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
A Screen Glowing in the Dark House High Summer

A Screen Glowing in the Dark House

–-This poem reflects on the quiet contrast between the natural rhythms of a summer night and the solitary glow of a screen…

20 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Softening Peaches High Summer

Softening Peaches

–-This poem reflects on peaches ripening indoors, where high summer’s sweetness deepens into softness and the first hint of passing begins to…

18 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Mosquito Hour High Summer

Mosquito Hour

–-This poem reflects on mosquito hour as one of high summer’s small intrusions, when evening softness is interrupted by the persistent nearness…

17 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
The Garden After Heat High Summer

The Garden After Heat

–-This poem reflects on a garden recovering at evening after a day of high summer heat, where relief, scent, and quiet resilience…

16 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Afternoon Melon High Summer

Afternoon Melon

–-This poem reflects on cold melon in the heat of the afternoon, where high summer turns its intensity into refreshment, sweetness, and…

15 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Cicada Shell 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…

14 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Power Outage High Summer

Power Outage

–-This poem reflects on a summer power outage, when ordinary comforts vanish and the body becomes newly aware of heat, stillness, and…

13 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Wilted Zinnias High Summer

Wilted Zinnias

–-This poem reflects on wilted zinnias in high summer, where beauty endures strain, bends under heat, and finds renewal again in evening…

10 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Night Swimming High Summer

Night Swimming

–-This poem reflects on night swimming as a form of release in high summer, where heat, darkness, and water meet in quiet…

9 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

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