Tagged: august

we can’t imagine

we can’t imagine
what autumn will bring this year,
and we count ourselves

lucky to be still standing,
ready to walk across that bridge
.
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august arrives, and

august arrives, and
of course, we are not ready –
we have never been

ready, arriving at this
corner, year after year, stunned
.
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in the backyard,

in the backyard,
the hummingbirds
are exhibiting
territorial
behavior over the last
day of August,
charging at one
another into dusk
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: territorial

into august, there

into august, there
is a plumpness to summer
waiting to be popped
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: plumpness

here we are, crossing

here we are, crossing
borders without
thinking about
crossing borders, a
relative privilege
for time
travelers,
from july
into august
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: privilege

here we are, july

here we are, july
brushing against august, summer
flakes off ambition
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: ambition

from august to

from august to
september, the heart
makes space
for homegrown
adventures
.
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a paper toss

a paper toss
away from august –
or what is left
of it – i
steady myself
across two
calendars, against
the wall and
on my desk. if
it were not for
guests, i could
stay caught
between these two
pages, marking
off forever
between august
and september
.
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we never met in

we never met in
august, neither
the waning
crescent nor the
waxing gibbous
saw us together
under their
illumining watch
.
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there is magic in

there is magic in
a leap year, whether
we receive an extra
day or month. there
is latitude and
longitude to stretch
out these lengthy,
ancillary memories.
there is allowance
to indulge, to
slip away to that
corner of our
brain that is not
averse to trying
something new,
just for today,
just this year
.
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