Monday, Aug 3, 2026
Theme

shade

Dog Days High Summer

Dog Days

–-This poem reflects on the heavy stillness of the dog days, when high summer presses everything toward rest, shade, and surrender to…

3 Jul 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
Blackberries The Long Light

Blackberries

–-This poem reflects on blackberries as a wilder form of summer abundance, where sweetness ripens in shade and asks patience, care, and…

21 May 2026 · 1 min read
Creek Water The Long Light

Creek Water

–-This poem reflects on creek water as one of summer’s quiet mercies, offering coolness, motion, and a place of calm within the…

12 May 2026 · 1 min read

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