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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
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
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
Cornfield Wind The Long Light

Cornfield Wind

–-This poem reflects on wind moving through a summer cornfield, where heat, growth, and abundance become visible as motion and sound. Across…

1 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
Tomato Vines The Long Light

Tomato Vines

–-This poem reflects on tomato vines in midsummer as they climb, thicken, and begin the slow visible work of turning growth into…

20 May 2026 · 1 min read
Bees at Noon The Long Light

Bees at Noon

–-This poem reflects on bees at midday as the living pulse of summer, where heat, bloom, and quiet labor gather into one…

14 May 2026 · 1 min read
Garden Rows The Long Light

Garden Rows

–-This poem reflects on a summer garden as a place where care, labor, and light come together in slow growing abundance. The…

13 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
Laundry on the Line The Long Light

Laundry on the Line

–-This poem reflects on laundry drying outside in summer, where ordinary household life becomes touched by light, wind, and a quiet sense…

7 May 2026 · 1 min read

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