there for that moment
driftwood soon to pilgrim on
as summer floats off
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on September 9, 2023, near the Salt River as the Arizona #summer started to relax.)
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driftwood soon to pilgrim on
as summer floats off
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on September 9, 2023, near the Salt River as the Arizona #summer started to relax.)
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10:51 AM - Sep 09, 2023
broken bird bones
now using concrete's heat
smattered gray feathers
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on September 4, 2010 in the late #Summer while looking at a dead bird in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland.)
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now using concrete's heat
smattered gray feathers
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on September 4, 2010 in the late #Summer while looking at a dead bird in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland.)
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11:56 AM - Aug 31, 2023
clefted and sudden,
these green walls envelope me
back in her arms
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on September 1, 2012, the #Summer I moved back to Upstate New York.)
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these green walls envelope me
back in her arms
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on September 1, 2012, the #Summer I moved back to Upstate New York.)
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08:27 AM - Aug 30, 2023
each green leaf becoming
the shaded gray hue above;
summer yawns with rain
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on September 3, 2016, as #Summer wound down in Upstate New York.)
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the shaded gray hue above;
summer yawns with rain
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on September 3, 2016, as #Summer wound down in Upstate New York.)
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11:03 AM - Aug 29, 2023
full sonoran green
only around the rivers,
summer broils on
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 26, 2023, on the Salt River in Arizona this #Summer .)
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only around the rivers,
summer broils on
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 26, 2023, on the Salt River in Arizona this #Summer .)
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11:53 AM - Aug 26, 2023
water lacing rocks
as strings; no more robust creek:
autumn whispers
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 31, 2013 as the late #Summer showed the lack of rain in Upstate New York.)
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as strings; no more robust creek:
autumn whispers
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 31, 2013 as the late #Summer showed the lack of rain in Upstate New York.)
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10:03 AM - Aug 24, 2023
night—blackness— it's that
silent space, that pause, in a poem
meant to baptize the soul
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 22, 2014 on a black #Summer night in Upstate New York as I healed from a great loss.)
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silent space, that pause, in a poem
meant to baptize the soul
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 22, 2014 on a black #Summer night in Upstate New York as I healed from a great loss.)
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08:37 AM - Aug 23, 2023
antique blues and whites,
smudged with dusk's shadowy cloud;
cooled summer freedom
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 22, 2015, as #Summer cooled and bent towards fall in Upstate New York.)
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smudged with dusk's shadowy cloud;
cooled summer freedom
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 22, 2015, as #Summer cooled and bent towards fall in Upstate New York.)
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08:55 AM - Aug 22, 2023
the moon speaks in its
dominant tones, full and bright;
summer skies drift cool
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 20, 2016, on a clear #Summer night in Upstate New York.)
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dominant tones, full and bright;
summer skies drift cool
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 20, 2016, on a clear #Summer night in Upstate New York.)
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10:34 AM - Aug 21, 2023
above salt beds etched,
rivers lightly sketched now as
summer days can’t stretch
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 20, 2022 on a cool #Summer day in the Petrified Forest and Painted Deserts of Northern Arizona.)
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rivers lightly sketched now as
summer days can’t stretch
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 20, 2022 on a cool #Summer day in the Petrified Forest and Painted Deserts of Northern Arizona.)
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09:30 AM - Aug 20, 2023
clouds above ride the
ripples on the lake below,
sleepy summer days
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on 8/19/23 as the #Summer heat in the Sonoran Desert stayed above 100 in what seemed like a stretch of forever.)
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ripples on the lake below,
sleepy summer days
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on 8/19/23 as the #Summer heat in the Sonoran Desert stayed above 100 in what seemed like a stretch of forever.)
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09:14 AM - Aug 19, 2023
summer rain so thick,
looking like small icicles;
summer heat breaks loose
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 12, 2016 as the #Summer rains fell over the hills of Upstate New York.)
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looking like small icicles;
summer heat breaks loose
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 12, 2016 as the #Summer rains fell over the hills of Upstate New York.)
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09:11 AM - Aug 15, 2023
after the rainfall,
lingering clouds all... melt off
summer's refound sun
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 12, 2017 as the #Summer rains lifted from the hills of Upstate New York.)
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lingering clouds all... melt off
summer's refound sun
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 12, 2017 as the #Summer rains lifted from the hills of Upstate New York.)
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10:44 AM - Aug 14, 2023
ponderosa pines
high above the hot desert
summer, waves lapping
@MarcEdwards
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high above the hot desert
summer, waves lapping
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09:02 AM - Aug 13, 2023
ponderosa pines
high above the hot desert
summer, waves lapping
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 12, 2023 in the Tonto National Forest near the Mogollon Rim this #Summer .)
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high above the hot desert
summer, waves lapping
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 12, 2023 in the Tonto National Forest near the Mogollon Rim this #Summer .)
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02:27 PM - Aug 12, 2023
this crane, oh this crane!
against colors plain, then white!
summer visitor
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 5, 2017 in the hills of Upstate New York as #Summer was starting to wind down.)
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against colors plain, then white!
summer visitor
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on August 5, 2017 in the hills of Upstate New York as #Summer was starting to wind down.)
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08:43 AM - Aug 07, 2023
among summer heat
and black rotting, green springs on
dead cholla cactus
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 22, 2023 in the harsh #Summer heat outside of Phoenix, AZ.)
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and black rotting, green springs on
dead cholla cactus
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 22, 2023 in the harsh #Summer heat outside of Phoenix, AZ.)
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09:36 AM - Jul 22, 2023
a cloud set against
the blue sky, unfenced, condensed;
to drift like summer.
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 11, 2020, on a drive through rural Pinal County, AZ one #Summer day.)
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the blue sky, unfenced, condensed;
to drift like summer.
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 11, 2020, on a drive through rural Pinal County, AZ one #Summer day.)
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08:16 AM - Jul 14, 2023
without much rain,
the grass on the hill
grows its brown shadow
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 10, 2011 as the #Summer in Baltimore, MD, saw no rain.)
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the grass on the hill
grows its brown shadow
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 10, 2011 as the #Summer in Baltimore, MD, saw no rain.)
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08:41 AM - Jul 13, 2023
new trees, same trees
replacing old growth and
summers of no return
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 13, 2013, on a #Summer day in Upstate New York.)
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replacing old growth and
summers of no return
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 13, 2013, on a #Summer day in Upstate New York.)
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09:25 AM - Jul 12, 2023
Leathered ripples smooth,
the ocean has a way to heal
between summer waves
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 11, 2015, near the #Summer shores of New Jersey.)
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the ocean has a way to heal
between summer waves
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 11, 2015, near the #Summer shores of New Jersey.)
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08:47 AM - Jul 11, 2023
enfolding green banks
gulping up a drying creek;
summer eats her snacks
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 9. 2016, as the full force of #Summer marched on through Upstate New York.)
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gulping up a drying creek;
summer eats her snacks
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 9. 2016, as the full force of #Summer marched on through Upstate New York.)
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09:32 AM - Jul 10, 2023
pulled out to return
ocean waves each earn a turn
in summer’s full burn
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 9, 2022, reflecting on #Summer on the Southern California ocean coast.)
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ocean waves each earn a turn
in summer’s full burn
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 9, 2022, reflecting on #Summer on the Southern California ocean coast.)
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08:55 AM - Jul 09, 2023
the wash, washed of all
spring floods, holding scolding rocks
baked in summer’s sun
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 8, 2023, as the #Summer sun beat down on a dried up Sonoran Desert wash.)
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spring floods, holding scolding rocks
baked in summer’s sun
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 8, 2023, as the #Summer sun beat down on a dried up Sonoran Desert wash.)
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08:39 AM - Jul 08, 2023
deep reds sing summer,
endless songs simmer: warm, free.
spring’s just a shimmer
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 4, 2020, as spring melted away under the hot Sonoran Desert #Summer sun.)
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endless songs simmer: warm, free.
spring’s just a shimmer
@MarcEdwards
(Originally published on July 4, 2020, as spring melted away under the hot Sonoran Desert #Summer sun.)
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09:02 AM - Jul 07, 2023
ribbed clouds and
blue, gentle bay. rhythms…
sun over browns
MEdwardsWrites
(Originally published on July 2, 2011, drifting on the Chesapeake Bay under an overcast #Summer sky.)
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blue, gentle bay. rhythms…
sun over browns
MEdwardsWrites
(Originally published on July 2, 2011, drifting on the Chesapeake Bay under an overcast #Summer sky.)
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09:50 AM - Jul 06, 2023
deep purple clouds
puncture the fading dusk light,
cool summer nights
MEdwardsWrites
(Originally published on July 5, 2014 as the heat of an Upstate #Summer night gave way to a cold front moving through.)
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puncture the fading dusk light,
cool summer nights
MEdwardsWrites
(Originally published on July 5, 2014 as the heat of an Upstate #Summer night gave way to a cold front moving through.)
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08:55 AM - Jul 05, 2023
Unfurling heat
drapes thoroughly
...endless days
MEdwardsWrites
(Originally published on July 3, 2010, as the full heat of #Summer blasted Maryland.)
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drapes thoroughly
...endless days
MEdwardsWrites
(Originally published on July 3, 2010, as the full heat of #Summer blasted Maryland.)
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10:04 AM - Jul 04, 2023
dense air sharpening
each sent after the quick rains;
summer storms each day
MEdwardsWrites
(Originally published on July 1, 2017, during a week long stretch of endless rainy #Summer days in Upstate New York.)
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each sent after the quick rains;
summer storms each day
MEdwardsWrites
(Originally published on July 1, 2017, during a week long stretch of endless rainy #Summer days in Upstate New York.)
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09:45 AM - Jul 03, 2023