Tuesday, Oct 13, 2026
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stillness

The Quiet Field The Late Gold

The Quiet Field

–-This poem reflects on a harvested late summer field finding peace after abundance, where stillness is not emptiness but a quiet fullness…

27 Aug 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
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
Storm Drain High Summer

Storm Drain

–-This poem reflects on a storm drain in high summer as a quiet place of waiting, where heat, stillness, and the promise…

8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
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
Porch Fan at Midnight High Summer

Porch Fan at Midnight

–-This poem reflects on a porch fan at midnight as a small mercy in high summer, where motion and hum make the…

30 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
Field at Noon The Long Light

Field at Noon

–-This poem reflects on a summer field at noon, where heat, stillness, and brightness reveal the full weight and grace of the…

22 May 2026 · 1 min read
White Clouds The Long Light

White Clouds

–-This poem reflects on white summer clouds drifting over a field, and the quiet calm they bring to a season often known…

15 May 2026 · 1 min read

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