Friday, Aug 28, 2026
Theme

memory

The Drying Herbs The Late Gold

The Drying Herbs

–-This poem reflects on drying summer herbs as an act of preservation, where change becomes a way of carrying fragrance, nourishment, and…

26 Aug 2026 · 1 min read
A Jar of Honey The Late Gold

A Jar of Honey

–-This poem reflects on a jar of honey as summer preserved, where flowers, sunlight, and the labor of bees become sweetness that…

10 Aug 2026 · 1 min read
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 Long Table Reminiscent

The Long Table

–-The poem reflects on aging as the quiet accumulation of loss, where love survives through memory and helps us keep moving forward.…

17 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
Dry Creek Bed High Summer

Dry Creek Bed

–-This poem reflects on a dry creek bed in high summer, where absence, memory, and the shape of return remain even after…

6 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
The Backup God Lexicon for the Last Days

The Backup God

–The Promise They called it Continuity. That was the marketing word, chosen deliberately for its clean, bloodless, reassuring quality. Continuity of self.…

15 Jan 2026 · 18 min read

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