Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026
Theme

harvest

The Empty Garden Basket The Late Gold

The Empty Garden Basket

–-This poem reflects on an empty garden basket as a quiet symbol of harvest completed, where usefulness, gratitude, and memory remain after…

6 Aug 2026 · 1 min read
Dust on the Barn Door The Late Gold

Dust on the Barn Door

–-This poem reflects on a weathered barn door where summer dust becomes a quiet record of labor, memory, and the enduring beauty…

3 Aug 2026 · 1 min read
The Last Blackberry The Late Gold

The Last Blackberry

–-This poem reflects on finding the last blackberry of the season, where a single forgotten fruit becomes a quiet symbol of gratitude,…

31 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Sunflowers Bowing The Late Gold

Sunflowers Bowing

–-This poem reflects on sunflowers at the close of late summer, where ripeness becomes generosity and the fullness of the season is…

30 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
Apple Orchard The Late Gold

Apple Orchard

–-This poem reflects on an apple orchard in late summer, where the promise of spring has ripened into fruit and the quiet…

28 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
High Summer High Summer

High Summer

–-This poem reflects on the fullness of high summer, where light, labor, growth, and abundance have reached their richest expression before the…

25 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
First Tomato The Long Light

First Tomato

–-This poem reflects on picking the first ripe tomato of summer as a moment when patience, care, and sunlight become something tangible…

8 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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