for the fragrance
brushing tomato leaves
warm August sun

studio window–
a fly walks
from cloud to cloud

summer heat
the sticky touch
of blue-eyed grass

the warbler
in a mockingbird's song
summer dusk

late-summer party
her few dance steps
after the song ends

the sun's warmth
part of the house
we seldom use

a hawk rising
between canyon walls
layers of heat

bird bath–
miles of sky
reflected

a circle of teens
playing hacky sack–
summer twilight

September morning
the teacher writes her name
on the blackboard