Sunday, Aug 30, 2026
Theme

heat

August Dust High Summer

August Dust

–-This poem reflects on August dust as a sign of high summer wearing toward its later days, where heat and dryness begin…

29 Jun 2026 · 1 min read
Hose Water Gone Warm High Summer

Hose Water Gone Warm

–This poem reflects on the strange intimacy of high summer heat, when even hose water meant for relief arrives already warmed by…

26 Jun 2026 · 1 min read
Wasps at the Fig Tree High Summer

Wasps at the Fig Tree

–-This poem reflects on the charged abundance of high summer, where ripeness draws both beauty and danger into the same shaded moment.…

25 Jun 2026 · 1 min read
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
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
Cicadas The Long Light

Cicadas

–-This poem reflects on cicadas as the unmistakable sound of deep summer, turning heat, time, and afternoon light into a living chorus.…

26 May 2026 · 1 min read
Thunder in the Afternoon The Long Light

Thunder in the Afternoon

–-This poem reflects on a summer afternoon storm, when heat gathers into thunder and rain returns the world to breath and brightness.…

25 May 2026 · 1 min read

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